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• Re: Shock Absorbers for Vanagon (2WD)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:27:37 -0700
  ...The ride was fine, but after a couple thousand miles, the mounting ring on one of the shocks broke at the weld. The van...
• Re: Stopped in Moro... fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:06:17 -0700
  ...We have one more ride with AAA, the others for this term used for my SO on horse journeys. So waiting for my first...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:57:38 -0400
  > My '90 Carat would not be lowered by this spring kit? I assume > that my ride is factory lowered like the Wolfsburg. The Vanagon...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 18:47:46 -0600
  What a beauty your "temp" ride is. I'm not sure but think J. Dean's "hearse" was a Spyder: http://www.geocities.com...
• Chopper FS to fund Van
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:37:22 -0500
  ...What do you think? He is starting to turn this into a low rider on bags, shaving the body and putting on a House...
• Carfax anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:28:35 -0800
  ...David Marshall VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider http://www.hasenwerk.ca
• inexpensive shocks?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 19:35:00 -0500
  Hello all? Did anyone ever find a reasonably priced source for Konis or Bilstein shocks? My Sears (Gabriel) shocks ride pretty rough. TIA, Bill...
• Re: Share your ride/websites
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:10:02 -0600
  Entity J. Harvey spoke thus: > http://files.photojerk.com/t3/81_westy_side.jpeg Hey what's that glue-on louver at the back...
• Vanagon Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 07:01:42 -0800
  ...Non stock so it will probably reduce the value of your ride.
• Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy"
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:05:32 -0500
  ...Does your Vanagon "ride happy" > >This also occurs after washing, oil changes, adding new "gadgets", and >generally knowing that you are driving your beloved...
• Re: Shocking Thread
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 10 May 2004 19:28:44 -0400
  ...This will improve cornering and nose dive when braking, but will also make the ride a bit harder (less forgiving of potholes, road surfaces...
• Re: 86 Vanagon - AKA: The Mystery Machine
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:31:42 -0500
  ...http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2346465 Chris On Nov 16, 2007 9:46 PM, Allen Hill <route66rider@knology.net> wrote: > Greetings All! > A few...
• Re: Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 9 May 2021 13:26:02 -0400
  ...I do have the issue with my Ducati (analog clock) if I forget to disconnect the battery after a ride and not ride again...
• Re: Storing Water, includes how to purify water
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:27:42 -0600
  http://www.baproducts.com/water.htm Thinkin' about going out for a drink are you? AAA has free ten mile rides on New Years...
• Re: Lowering an 85'/
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:18:19 EST
  ...So unless you ran them so tight you brought the coils right together, I don't see how the ride would be that much...
• Re: HELP Stranded Vanagon Owner at Folk Fest
  Historical mailing list - David Agosta
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:01:23 -0400
  ...Four weeks and $1800 later my Westy rides like a Cadillac. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but the ride is superb...
• Syncro Springs Order
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 4 May 2000 00:28:20 -0700
  ...The mean ride-height of the vw spec of acceptable range is is 19.6" Most syncro westys (with 100k miles more or less...
• Betts Syncro Springs FS
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:22:45 -0700
  ...They will raise ride height to about 19"-19.25", and are slightly stiffer than stock. they are made by a top manufacturer and...
• Re: Fw: 2 WD Vanagon Westfalia Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 3 May 2001 08:12:37 -0700
  ...stiffer for a > firm > > ride and better cornering and better wind > handling. > > The air bags will not raise ride height at all. > 0". > > > > Here...
• Re learning motorcycles
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:03:15 -0800
  ...The > thing to be careful of is that motorcycles have much more power than > most non-riders can imagine. You definitely want to start...
• pimp my ride - german syncro edition
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:57:36 -0600
  ...the link below has videos of last years german syncro pimp my ride, its way over an hour of footage. there is also a...
• Re: a shocking question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Burt
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:40:15 -0700
  ...The ride is harsher, and I find that the gas in the rear, and non-gas in the front is not to my liking...
• camping around Boston or NYC?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 16:41:47 -0700
  ...I'm planning on riding my bike 300 miles from Boston to NYC in the Boston to New York AIDS ride in a few...
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - animal
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 21:38:15 -0500
  ...If you're ever in southside Virginia and want to ride, or shoot the bull about vanagons stop in. I'm not hard to...
• Asheville NC area camping suggestions please
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:25:40 -0400
  ...a break), and three is getting in some great bike rides / training rides (still want to stay fit!). So... I'm all ears! Fire...
• Re: Koni Shock adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:14:24 -0500
  ...When new, if the shocks are adjusted any tighter, they will "pump down" for an unpleasant ride. At the softest setting the Konis are...
• Biking at Mammoth
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 06 Sep 1996 13:20:18 -0700
  ...This includes unlimited gondola rides for you and your bike. A ticket for one ride to the top and trail access costs $12. They...
• Re: H&R springs for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:41:02 EDT
  ...They will work on a Westy or Syncro but the ride will be harsher. I have the springs on my Wolfsburg. The ride is...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:20:55 +0000
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• Re: My New Ride
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:30:27 -0400
  You almost had me Loren - then I looked at the calendar. -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus...
• Re: Share a picture of your ride
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:52:46 -0700
  On behalf of the Florida Association of Vanagon OwneRs (FAVOR): http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon/page2.html You'll see all of our Vanagons...
• Re: Share a picture of your ride
  Historical mailing list - Tim Beidel
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:28:47 -0400
  1987 Syncro Westy http://www.pennstatehoops.com/travelblog/images/side.jpg And the whole story: http://www.pennstatehoops.com/travelblog/ Tim Beidel South Portland...
• my NEW RIDE.... I'M SELLING THE FARM FOR THIS ONE
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:20:56 -0400
  If only I had a farm!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2495128104&category=6315
• Lois (slow)Lane
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:46:52 -0800
  Teri Hatcher's sweet ride! Looks like a late '70s Country Homes conversion. Used to have me one o' them actually. http://picasaweb.google...
• Re: FW: Re: [Syncro] I need a mule
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:17:15 +0000
  email this posting to a friend bend craigslist > rideshare This Guy may even have room for the Engine? JC... Need Riders Bend to Portland...
• Re: Tires FS and New Carat in the 'hood
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:50:46 -0700
  ...They ride nicer, too. I run 195/75 14LT Uniroyal Laredo's on my Westy, and it rides like a truck, but I take...
• Better handling in windy conditions?
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:26:14 -0500
  ...It was truly a white-knuckle ride with the van skating from side to side. Does anybody have any suggestions in the realm of...
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 5 May 2007 02:33:34 -0400
  ...yea, i'll go for another ride. > > Bennybadboy >
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 May 2007 11:56:25 -0700
  ...My first Subi ride > Ok, here another one to get my boiling point in the 300F > > Ha no, i know, it's a joke...
• Big, heavy wheeled things vs. little, light wheeled things
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 02 May 1996 10:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >if you ride bicycles or motorcycles, then you have to beware of automobiles >AND trucks ... cause they completely ignore you! I've ridden bicycles...
• Re: My 'new' Dehler Syncro arrived HOME
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:04:21 -0600
  ...Perhaps lighter tires and wheels to reduce the unsprumg weight and improve the ride. While the Profi is a very neat vehicle one kinda...
• Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 18 Apr 2021 22:47:57 -0500
  ...Go Westy is $328 and can either lower by 2 inches, maintain, or increase ride height by 1.5 inches. I’m leaning towards...
• Re: Do you ever pat your Vanagon on the head and say thanks?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:41:36 -0700
  I thanked mine just this evening, when I finished up a bicycle ride with a rinse off in my sink, changing clothes and recovering...
• Re: loaf vs AirVAN
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:03:52 +1300
  >> > I think if I was to revert to air cooled it would be in a "loaf" >however. >> >The ride of the vanagon, with independant...
• Re: vans
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:48:46 -0500
  ...riders � I have a �71 Electroglide myself > so I understand � and I�m wondering if there is a process used for > christening your ride...
• Happy Holidays!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 95 02:12:50 EST
  ...I'll volk atcha again next year!! Royal Taylor 70 Westy (the project) 71 Westy (daily ride)
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:49:40 -0500
  Current: No Motorcycle BMW 325 convertible automobile Past: Vespa P-200 Vespa GL--150 Vespa 125 John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery mudbug@toadhouse.com , http...
• Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:19:03 -0600
  Henry Wang wrote: > ..... > > > K2 catalyst rollerblades > > its good to have a backup for the backup... COOL!!! Wish I had thought of that!! John Rodgers...
• 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon? Must be on a towtruck
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:29:05 EST
  I think someone is getting MPG mixed up with MPH. Let it ride--fish stories are always fun to hear.
• Re: [NVC] Engineers: quick and cheerful vibration analysis?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:39:43 -0700
  ...Say you wanted to determine the optimum pressure >>>> of ride vs >>>> tire squishiness but were unable to find a small boy to ride in...
• Robert's Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:42:41 -0500
  Hi all, I got to meet Robert today, and ride in his Waterboxer upgrade Vanagon. We had a very good time, and he answered...
• Re: tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 19:12:23 -0500
  ...you can run that until you decide that it may be too stiff a ride, then start lowering the pressure (on both sides of...
• Re: Share your ride/websites
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 06:51:03 +0000
  ...Share your ride/websites >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:10:02 -0600 > >Entity J. Harvey spoke thus: > > > http://files.photojerk.com/t3/81...
• Re: Bostig Oil Level Warning Light Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:54:46 -0600
  ...As an added bonus, I can also use that IC to build Knight Rider lights for the van. http://clarkson-uk.com/555-timer...
• question about carat/wolfsburg "lowering" springs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 May 2006 17:03:30 EDT
  ...pass vans? same ride height, part number and all? they look to be the same, but from the discussions about ride height year to...
• Re: Vanagon Springs -2 WD,80-87
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:18:17 -0700
  ...The springs are sagging and the result is a rough ride that >bottoms out easily. It wasn't this way when it was new...
• Re: 87 westy: handling improvement suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:02:02 EDT
  ...it would be nice to have a kind of stiffer ride, my girlfriend claims it rides like a ferry (and she hates ferries). so...
• Re: ML 320 benz wheels on a vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:21:45 -0700
  ...I've picked them up for $50 for four because I'm typical pimp-my-ride fashion, M-class owners like even bigger wheels...
• 12 inch vanagon-compatible charcoal grills cheap
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:56:58 -0500
  ...I have used one identical to these two for several years because it rides vertically under the westy seat (between your bulky stuff and...
• RE: Vanadogs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:30:15 -0700
  ...loves to ride in my campers. He likes the van because it usually = means a trip to Two Medicine Lake. He'll sit in...