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Date:         Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:39:54 -0700
Reply-To:     dan kapeller <dkapeller@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         dan kapeller <dkapeller@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy"
Comments: To: rgolen@UMASSD.EDU
In-Reply-To:  <7.0.1.0.0.20061121122959.01a6be88@umassd.edu>
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<P>I'm not sure about my Vanagon, but I ride "happy" when I'm fully loaded with beer and pretzels.</P>
<P>Have a nice and safe Holiday all you VW van freaks.&nbsp; My family will be rolling along the backroads of Colorado and Nebraska in either our 93 Euro or the 90 Vanagon, depending on which one is running tomorrow morning.&nbsp; </P>
<P>Dan<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From:&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Richard Golen &lt;rgolen@UMASSD.EDU&gt;</I><BR>Reply-To:&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Richard Golen &lt;rgolen@UMASSD.EDU&gt;</I><BR>To:&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</I><BR>Subject:&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Does your Vanagon "ride happy"</I><BR>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:34:40 -0500</I><BR>Hi,<BR><BR>This weekend my wife, son, two of my son's fellow boy scouts and I<BR>loaded up our Westy with backpacks, sleeping bags, etc., and headed<BR>up from coastal Massachusetts to Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire. The<BR>van was fully loaded with people and gear. Yet we were able to cruise<BR>at 70 mph and got 21 mpg.<BR><BR>As I was driving home it began to dawn on me that the Vanagon was<BR>riding "happy"...it was not creaking and groaning, it was moving<BR>along on the highway, etc....it seemed that it was its "element". As<BR>I thought about it even more, I realized
that my other VW vans had<BR>the same "behavior" in the past...my 67 Westy and my 93 Eurovan all<BR>seemed "happy" when fully loaded with family, equipment, etc.<BR><BR>Anyone ever observe this phenomenon?<BR><BR><BR>Ric<BR><BR><BR>Happy Thanksgiving<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2731??PS=47575" target="_top">View Athlete’s Collections with Live Search</a> </html>
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