I think this debate started about a month or so ago with someone suggesting
that vanagons and their derivatives just don't handle well or hold the road.
So driving it like a sports car or not wasn't really the question - we seem
to have a reasonable concensus that certainly European transporters do
indeed handle quite well whilst some say they handle extremely well, with
the right engine being quite up to chasing BMW's down country lanes - Ok, so
we're a weird lot over here, requiring good steering and handling,
reasonable roadholding and powerful stopping performance. Blame the roads
for one, and amongst others, the male competitive spirit - van or car!

Clive
'88 Syncro Transporter

----- Original Message -----
From: "george jannini" <georgejoann@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Handling

> <<...it's an RV.  Who's gonna drive it like a sports car? >>
>
>    On the Blue Ridge Parkway (NC & VA) it's tempting to try, but you
> gotta watch out for deer, and sometimes red tailed hawks. <G>
>
>         George/ATL
>         '89 WesTiico, Wernher
>
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