Date:         Tue, 7 Mar 2006 04:56:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
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From:         Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
Subject:      Re: will yours fit in the garage?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: will yours fit in the garage?


> Clearance on most parking structures (commercial or public ones, etc.)
> runs around six and a half feet.  I know, I'm always checking, 'cause
> people are always confidently asserting that of course my van will fit.
> She never does.
>
> I don't know about garages at people's houses.  I've never tried putting
> my van in my garage, I highly doubt she'd fit.  Of course there's too much
> junk in there to fit any vehicles anyway, my tenants have completely
> filled it with other stuff.
>
>
> Joy

We tried to take our Syncro Westy into a parking structure in San Francisco.
We cleared the hanging bar that  supposedly indicated "Max Headroom".  Well,
driving around looking for a vacant spot the top of the van started to
scrape the ceiling.  Now there's a creepy feeling.

My garage doors are a bit over an inch too low just to pull it in.  So I set
the tire pressure down to 12 psi and drive right in.  Then I fill them back,
fearing that they might not like to set like that for long.   Haven't pulled
a Clark Griswald yet.

Tom Salicos
'87 Syncro Westy EG-33