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Date:         Fri, 11 Oct 2002 03:21:57 +0100
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: what is an air dam
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Dear Donna,

Might I suggest your son learn to drive on one Vanagon at a time, maybe less chance of de-damming one of them. Also, if 25-30mph is pretty much full speed, then maybe seek advice from a mechanic as to the cause of this - your son's unfortunate accident may have been simply the result of boredom, frustration or a combination of both. A finer point but maybe worth consideration is that sitting in, rather than on the vehicle, usually enables a mite more control when it comes to steering, braking etc.

Trusting your son remained unharmed in this unfortunate incident, I am,

Clive (who's been out in the midday sun once too often!)

----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Stewart" <DStewart@CHRM.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: what is an air dam

My son is learning to drive on my two Vanagons. He further damaged the "air dam" on my Wolfsburg recently by driving into a driveway with a deep gutter at pretty much full speed (i.e. 25-30mph).

>>> Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> 10/10/02 01:05PM >>> In a message dated 10/10/02 12:58:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, hradek@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< what is an air dam? gary the air head >>

Dear Gary the air head:

<boy, that felt good>

The item(s) being auctioned appear to be components of the urethane pieces normally installed under the plastic bumpers on late model Vanagons. You may know them by their other nickname "chin spoilers".

They are supposed to clean up the airflow under a vehicle. That is suspect in a vehicle as high as the Vanagon. There is just too much airspace between the van and the ground for these to be truly effective. In some cases, they do help direct airflow upwards to he radiator to assist in cooling chores. I'm not sure about Vanagons as I have not had occasion to evaluate for this feature.

BenT


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