Andrew Japanese car's still suck.. Mike At 10:59 PM 4/2/2003 +1200, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> I've driven Japanese vans before and many VW vans too and they are simply >> chalk and cheese. > >Yep... the VW is chalk. Objectively speaking. > >> VWs feel safe and are fun,the Jap equivalent just a bouncy delivery van >>with >> questionable handling & braking characteristics (esp in the wet) unless >>carrying >> a goodly load in the back.Even then they are still barely acceptable. > >I beg to differ. I have driven extensively in old & current model >Toyota Hiaces, and these can be pushed hard in corners. The upmarket >torsionbar-rear models more so. They are not at all bouncy. They are >also extremely strong in collisions, as my university found out the >hard way... In fact I'm looking at a 1998 super-long-wheelbase >high-roof 2.8D one right now... shame it's automatic... > >2WD Mitsubishi Delicas (L300 or Express) aren't too bad either, >though the 4WDs ARE extremely prone to pitching doe to the very stiff >springs and very short wheelbase. >-- >Andrew Grebneff >165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand ><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> >Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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