>the difference between a bay and a vanagon in this regard is a result of >front/rear weight distribution, right? there was a thread about this a >while ago. vanagon seems to be 50/50, the bay has more weight in the >back. maybe this was a secret vw ploy to build a market for the syncro. This may be the case with slippery going eg mud, ice... but not with rough ground. The Bay has LONG-travel torsionbar suspension... a wheel can fall into a big hole and still be on the ground to give drive. In the same situation a Vanagon, with its short-travel semitrailing-arm rear suspension, will have the wheel hanging in air or barely touching the ground. 4WD Bay, anyone? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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