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Subject:Re: Towing stuff with Westy (for JJ)
From:byard
Date:Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:16:52 -0800

Well, I make a habit of driving 35 in 35 mile zones. When I was in a 45
mile zone, I put it in 4th and drove 45.

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> From: BenTbtstr8@aol.com
> To: bluedove@kfalls.net; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: Towing stuff with Westy (for JJ)
> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:53 PM
>
> In a message dated 2/23/00 5:23:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> bluedove@KFALLS.NET writes:
>
> << If anything, the ride was smoother!...and I didn't ever have any
feeling
>  that the Westy was overloaded or dragging. I could still have been in
4th
>  at 35 on the level, but ran in 3d because it felt better. >>
>
> Dang, boy! I wouldn't drive anything that slow on any Californee highways
let
> alone drive on a freeway. Is this a testament to the unsuitablity of the
> Vanagon for effective towing?
>
> BenT
> San Francisco