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Subject:Re: off road in a Vanagon Was Tries
From:Rennie Wible
Date:Thu, 3 Aug 2000 23:03:05 -0700

And here I was thinking that my new 84 was gonna be my Baja car! Damn!

Rennie
VolksDragon@earthlink.net
Los Angeles

61 crew cab (911 conversion) [never going to Baja!]
65 convertible (may never get back together!)
67 kombi (that I just stupidly sold)
84 vanagon (boat anchor in Baja!)
93 fox (girlfriend would never allow past San Diego!)

Jim A wrote:
>
> I have a Vanagon GL and a loaf camper.  The Vanagon is about useless in
> slippery stuff.  The loaf is almost as good as a split. It ain't the tyres
> that make the difference, it's the suspension.  The loaf will go places with
> bald street tyres @ 50psi that the Vanagon won't go with aggressive off-road
> tyres at 15psi.
>
> JMIO (Just my informed opinion) YMMV (but probably won't)
>
> Jim Arnott
> WetWesties
> Union, OR