Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:03:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@IEEE.ORG>
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From:         Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@IEEE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: roll over.
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Well David, I flipped my 1990 Carat the night before Thanksgiving a couple
of years ago.  I was running the original Michelin MXL's in partially snowy
conditions.  BIG MISTAKE.  The tire is not a wet weather tire by any
streatch of the immagination.  I was doing 75, and hit an angled drift of
snow across the freeway.  The back end came out, and I was not able to
collect it all back up again.  We moved partly sideways to the ditch, and
in, and rolled it over in the soft marshy/snowy bottom of the ditch.

Both SO and I had seat belts, I DROVE the van home that night.  The body
was bent over a bit, but the frame was STRAIGHT.  Impressive.

ON THE OTHER HAND,.... I have road rally'd the curent '89 SyncroBeast.  My
favorite is twisty dirt road rally's.  The handling is awsome with the
right tire.  No power to speak of, but that's just incentive to keep your
momentum up.

Ch
'89 SyncroBeast Vanagon

'87 16V GTI
'80 850 Yamaha Special

'87 16V GTI w/ hale damage - parting out
'89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor

'86 Scirocco (8 valve w/ auto) - SO's

Prior Lake, MinneSnowta
well, ok, it's summer
Land of Sky Blue Waters

<<SNIP, Original Message>>

After driving low to the ground vehicles for the past many years, I'm
wondering about the handling charateristics of my Multvan. I'm older and not
prone to testing the vans limits as I might have been in my youth, but I'm
curious about anyone with experience driving the vans on twisty roads and the
vans propensity, or lack of, to tip over. Does anyone know, do the vans give
you adequate "feedback" before they start to lean enough to actually rollover?
Thanks,
and safe driving
David 91 Multi