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Date:         Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:52:16 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear flat at freeway speed...
Comments: To: dhanson@GORGE.NET
In-Reply-To:  <000901c8f5e9$8d7ca380$4001a8c0@gateway.2wire.net>
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I once drove with a rear flat and did not know it until someone waved me down. That was on a 2 wheel drive. Yes, the Vanagon is quite stable with rear flats. The Syncro will get your attention quickly though once the VC starts grabbing.

Dennis

>From: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> >Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Rear flat at freeway speed... >Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:21:20 -0700 > >This morning at "O-dark-thirty" I headed west down I-84 towards Portland to >make a bike race..About 1/2 an hour into the drive, I have a 'mandated' >stop, and as I re-approach the van, I hear a hissing, like the radiator is >boiling or a hose has a pin hole or something.."Great," I think," now I may >have problems and miss the race." I do a walk around and look for coolant, >check everything visually..nothing...I only have about 15 miles to the >race, >so I think..."Get going, maybe it is just a little hot from the fast >freeway >driving..fix it after the race"...I start west again, with an eye on all >the >gauges.. This being the Windy Columbia River Gorge, the van is doing it's >usual gusty 'cha-cha' but I detect a little more "Sashay" than >usual..then >I hear this huge 'bang!'...I check the mirrors and see a big cloud of >smoke..."Dang" I think, "That bragging about how dependable my motor has >been musta jinxed me, and she let go" But the gauges still look >normal..and >then it hits....I have a freaking flat tire! By the time I got slowed and >off to the shoulder, the thing was in shreds..Lost one of my nice new >K-mart >wheel covers, too. > The van was remarkable stable without a rear tire.. Nankang LTR, BTW, >with good tread left..I would have thought with it's high center of gravity >and short wheel base, a vanagon would be a real handful with a blow >out..Quite the opposite.. > So a quick change, and I still made the bike race.. > > Don Hanson


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