Date:         Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:09:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Porsche's SUV
Comments: To: EUROMOG@AOL.COM
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For you mathematicians out there you need to calculate the expotential
tire diameter growth at 168 mph along with the fact that the specific
gravity of 5,000 pounds at 168 mph velocity is reduced to the point that
a squirrel collision with any tire results in sure death.
In AA fuel racing our tires grew exponentially and no longer had a bead
seal to the rims at 200 + mph. It was the liner that kept the tube inside
the tires. We marked our tires at the valve stems and after a few hard
passes we changed the tires to be sure that the tube wasn't bunched
because the tire moved from its designated spot (they always moved) on
the wheel when it reseated to the rim. Bad reseating was a sure sign that
the valve stem was going to rip out of the tube and kill a driver along
with wrecking the car.
(expotential) Spell check doesn't seem to like this word.
Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westy ........... cruising at 3300 rpms at 70 mph?????

On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:12:30 EDT John Wessels <EUROMOG@AOL.COM> writes:
> In a message dated 10/6/02 9:29:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM writes:
>
> << There's what the world needs -- a 5,000 lb 450 hp ute that runs
> 168 mph.
>  Wonder how many people it's going to kill....
>
>  Dave in KC >>
>
> A lot less than VW Vanagons ever did. I sure wish you people with a
> jealousy
> complex would get off the anti SUV rhetoric. Your Vanagon puts out
> more
> pollution, uses more gas and is far less safe than most SUV's on the
> road. I
> have a Syncro and love it. Yet I don't admonish people who choose a
> vehicle
> to their liking. I agree it's ugly but you have to give Porsche and
> VW credit
> for engineering such a phenomenal vehicle. It is going to set a new
> standard.
> I wish they would loan me one to test drive on the trails of
> Moab.......
>
> Had way too much coffee this morning. I need to go drive my Syncro
> on some
> rough terrain.
>
> John Wessels '87 SyncroMog
> European Motorsport
> Livermore, CA 94551
> http://www.euromog.com
>
>

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