Date:         Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:04:46 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Daniel Gary Soiney <danno@csd.uwm.edu>
Subject:      Re: Re-Syncro Handling/Sway Bar

On Tue, 18 Oct 1994, Norman Leong wrote:

>                               Re:Syncro Handling/Sway Bars
> Daniel G. Soiney comments:
> 
> >in a fast car behind me on a wet cloverleaf-type on ramp and sandbag it
> >until the joker is right behind me.  After i floor it I usually dont see
> >them again.
> 
> uhmm, do you have a standard engine, or do you have a P-car flat six back
> there?...
> 
> it seems unlikely that an AWD Vanagon w/o engine mods would be able to pull
> away from a "fast car" on a ramp, ground condition notwithstanding, unless
> the other driver wasn't interested in playing, or was a weenie driver...
> 
> now, if you had purchased your Syncro Vanagon with the James Bond oil 
> spewing option, then, my hat's off to you!  :)
> 
> Norman
> 
> 
> 
living in milmaukee, almost all of the people in fast cars can only go 
fast in a straight line, and totally panic at the slightest hint of a 
turn, especially in the wet.  I have however encountered a very wel 
driven carrera 4 that was going about 70 into a clover and exited at a 
much greater speed.  he left foot braked al the way through and just 
drove away from me!  turns out he s a formula ford driver.  Alas, being 
(only) an improved touring driver i could not catch him

later 
danno