I bought my first Vanagon - and 85 GL - in Alaska and the first cold,
icey, snowy spell I spun out in the road going up a hill on a highway.
Spooked me good. I went straight away and got a set of studded tires. I
never had a lick of trouble after that, l8ight load or heavy load. Just
needed a proper tire capabale of getting a get a grip under the conditins.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Mark Dorm wrote:
> Where did this idea come from??? I've never been in a blizzard, nor have I
> taken my vanagon in the snow... I've only seen rain and wind, sunlight and
> shade...
>
> I do remember people saying the original loafs were much better for off
> roading and beach riding than the 2wd vanagons...
>
> I guess you're goal is to change the 50/50 weight distribution and give
> yourself more traction where the drive of the wheels is...
>
> I'm interested to know what your results are... like please really try to
> get stuck so we'll all know if it works
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>> From: Patrick Rueb <VW87JETAGL@AOL.COM>
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>
>> i bought about 350lbs of concrete mix for the back of my 87 wolfsburg 4
>> speed
>> 2 wd. should be intresting on long island tommorow .  i put the weight
>> towards the front of the engine lid right on towards the back of the
>> seat.
>> took it on a beach with about 3 inches of snow didnt get stuck. that
>> weight
>> actually helps. good look in the blizzard
>> patrick
>> 1987 vanagon gl 2.1l 4 speed 2 wd
>> 273k miles
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