>A lot of accidents happen when an 18 wheeler gets cut off by a car.
>Rather than ramming the butt head that cuts them off, the big rig
>swerves, hits someone else, rolls, spills its load, and causes more
>accidents as people come up on it. Meanwhile, the low life that caused
>it all is moving on down the road, often oblivious to what he/she
>caused.
>
>Hit em. (unless they are bigger than you <g>)

DEAD right. But your ability to swerve your Vanagon is severely reduced if
you have awful truck tires fitted, with their tall aspect ratio
(directional instability under side loadings) and poor grip. Best fit
performance CAR tires suited to a big heavy S-Class Benz. And have quality
dampers installed (Koni, Bilstein) instead of Kayaba or Boge pogosticks.

When I see those car-chase programs on TV, mostly US-made, I have trouble
believing the way US-designed cars wallow and crash with little or no
provocation. partly due to awful (cheap) tires, mainly due to a combination
of total ignorance of the driver and no dynamic ability on the car's part.

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut
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