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Subject:Re: Vanagon Handling
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:32:46 -0400

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, george jannini wrote:

> <<... most US owners have Westies, which fail the Moose Test dismally due
> to their high C-of-G and
> laterally-unbalanced distribution. A full-dress camper is just an
> accident waiting to happen...>>
>
>    Bull puckey!  If there had ever been a problem with campers rolling
> over left and right, the media would have been all over the story years
> ago.  My bus handles just fine on twisty roads, and if it wasn't a Westy,
> I'd have sent it to the dump long ago.

Besides, it's an RV.  Who's gonna drive it like a sports car?

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