My son is learning to drive on my two Vanagons.  He further damaged the "air dam" on my Wolfsburg recently by driving into a driveway with a deep gutter at pretty much full speed (i.e. 25-30mph).  

>>> Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> 10/10/02 01:05PM >>>
In a message dated 10/10/02 12:58:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
hradek@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< what is an air dam?   gary the air head >>

Dear Gary the air head:

<boy, that felt good>

The item(s) being auctioned appear to be components of the urethane pieces
normally installed under the plastic bumpers on late model Vanagons. You may
know them by their other nickname "chin spoilers".

They are supposed to clean up the airflow under a vehicle. That is suspect in
a vehicle as high as the Vanagon. There is just too much airspace between the
van and the ground for these to be truly effective. In some cases, they do
help direct airflow upwards to he radiator to assist in cooling chores. I'm
not sure about Vanagons as I have not had occasion to evaluate for this
feature.

BenT