>RE: Worst Thing.... >Rolled the damn thing, Ouch! That tops it! Sorry for your loss. :(
Not nearly as bad, but I do have a tendency to overload mine a bit. http://www.evcl.com/vw/Trips/images/StretchAnd914sm.JPG In this picture the total weight is over 10,500 lbs. It topped 12,200 lbs. on the return trip. I drove it 1500 miles that way over the passes in Oregon. Poor thing, I'm giving it a Porsche transmission now as penance. (and hoping that will last longer than 20K miles) -- -Otmar- 82/86 Stretch Vanagon Westfalia GTI. "Power of two" Soon to be TDI. http://www.evcl.com/vw 1 914 EV, 1 Insight Hybrid |
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