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Date:         Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:15:47 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy"
Comments: To: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <7.0.1.0.0.20061121122959.01a6be88@umassd.edu>
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My Vanagon rides like a Caddilac when there's 500-1000 lbs on the floor in the middle. I go to Atlanta to buy potter's clay. Three hours over, three hours back. Going over empty is a rough ride, coming back with a load is a sweet ride. But then the Vanagon is basically a utility vehicle and the running gear is configured as such, thus the "truck" like ride when empty.

Regards,

John Rodgers

Richard Golen wrote: > Hi, > > This weekend my wife, son, two of my son's fellow boy scouts and I > loaded up our Westy with backpacks, sleeping bags, etc., and headed > up from coastal Massachusetts to Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire. The > van was fully loaded with people and gear. Yet we were able to cruise > at 70 mph and got 21 mpg. > > As I was driving home it began to dawn on me that the Vanagon was > riding "happy"...it was not creaking and groaning, it was moving > along on the highway, etc....it seemed that it was its "element". As > I thought about it even more, I realized that my other VW vans had > the same "behavior" in the past...my 67 Westy and my 93 Eurovan all > seemed "happy" when fully loaded with family, equipment, etc. > > Anyone ever observe this phenomenon? > > > Ric > > > Happy Thanksgiving > >


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