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Date:         Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:28:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] waterproofing
Comments: To: Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
In-Reply-To:  <45342B36.1080803@cybertrails.com>
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Obviously, you can leave Austin Mini lengths or '69 Pontiac Parisienne lengths as necessary to suit load and road conditions. :-)

On 10/16/06, Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote: > > Jake de Villiers wrote: > > > I believe it was one car length for every ten miles an hour. > > Can be difficult in major urban areas! > > > That, I believe, is the suggested following distance -- which is mainly > a function of reaction time. A vehicle covers 1.5 feet per second per > mile per hour so it's about 88 ft per second at 60mph. 6 VW lengths > would give you more than a second to get on the brakes at 60 mph. Of > course actual braking distance varies by vehicle and is going to have a > big effect on whether you plow into that car in front of you. > > Geo > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 10/14/2006 >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com


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