I state they are not as good as a loaf, having had both on same roads.
The loaf has more weight in back and more compliant suspension.

But on regular graver roads, with good tires, they are not bad.

Alistair

On 27-Jun-05, at 1:33 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

Compared with other 2wd vehicles, like full-size pickup trucks, and
mid-60's station wagons . . . how dirt road worthy is the 2wd Vanagon?
How good is the traction? I'm talking about rutted sand and gravel roads
out here, not mud or streams. Not dunes or beaches. No swamps. Regular
street tires, stock size.

Generally-speaking. Anecdotal is good. The more colorful the better.

As in, "Vanagons get stuck more easily than any other 2wd vehicle ever
made," or "I've taken my 2wd Vanagon places that my brother's 1963
Plymouth Belvedere station wagon couldn't go."

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
Carlsbad, CA
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