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Subject:Re: Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:31:04 -0700

The reinforced sidewalls are just one aspect Andrew. What about the tons of
road-hugging unsprung weight? :-) jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck

> >At  10/4/2005 12:03 PM, Larry Chase asked:
> >
> >Q- Vanagon .. is it a Car or Light Truck
> >
> >A- A light truck
> >
> >
> >
> >Rob
> >becida@comcast.net
>
> Technically any truck is a car. Car merely is an abbreviation of
> "carriage". Same goes for train cars... so truck is a subtype of car.
> Light truck is a subsubtype...
>
> Hmmm... if LT tires are good for a light truck, how about a set of
> tires from a mining truck? Talk about reinforced sidewalls...I'm
> gonna look into those!
> --
> Regards
> Andrew
>