Date:         Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:34:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy"
In-Reply-To:  <7.0.1.0.0.20061121122959.01a6be88@umassd.edu>
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This is what is scientifically known as "In the
groove".

You know....  "Get your motor runnin',
               Head out on the highway....

               etc....etc...

:)

Steven
'91 Westy

--- Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> 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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