I saw a movie once where they did some serious stunt driving in a Vanagon.
I was quite impressed.

Sincerely,

Craig Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Joyce" <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:28 AM
Subject: Flying the Vanagon...

> I had a small mishap this weekend that involved inattentive driving, a
dark
> stretch of road and a steep railroad crossing. It was exciting to say the
> least when I realized the front end of the van was no longer in contact
with
> the road surface, and that all the stuff on (and in) the dashboard was
> floating at eye level. Predictably, the van came down quite hard (twice,
if
> you include the bounce) on the suspension; hard enough that  I expected
the
> shocks to be blown out or at least something bent. Preliminary inspection
> shows nothing amiss; the van continues to drive straight and the shocks
> (new-ish Boges) seem to be dampening properly. Should I count my blessings
> and move on, or are there other things I should check? I know some of you
> guys are pretty rough on your Syncros, but I genuinely do my best to keep
> all four wheels on the ground...  TIA-
>
> JJ
> '81 Transporter (aka Millennium Falcon?)
>
>
>
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