Date:         Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:57:58 -0400
Reply-To:     Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson@HALHINET.ON.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson@HALHINET.ON.CA>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Safety - Stopping Distance?
Comments: To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@vanagon.com>,
          Dave <dave@v-dub.musa.com>
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Fellow Listees, who knows how fast the Vanagon stops?

Dave Filcoff says "Back to the brakes, if memory serves Car and Driver's
standard 2WD Vanagon non-Westy stopped 70 to 0 mph in 201 ft, I think it was
around '85 or so."

I checked with an old copy (Mar 1992) of Road and Track. They quote stopping
distances from 80 mph. I used the (70^2/80^2) ratio to calculate 70 mph
distances for a few vehicles:

1992 Road and Track   80 to 0 mph   70 to 0 mph

Infiniti Q45                      253 ft         194 ft
Mercedes 500SL             256 ft         196 ft
Toyota MR2 Turbo         254 ft         194 ft
VW Corrado G60            266 ft         204 ft
Volvo 940 Turbo             256 ft         196 ft

I find it hard to believe that the Vanagon is in this league.

Larry