

| Subject: | Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy" |
| From: | Steven Johnson |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:34:37 -0800 |
This is what is scientifically known as "In the
groove".
You know.... "Get your motor runnin',
Head out on the highway....
etc....etc...
:)
Steven
'91 Westy
--- Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This weekend my wife, son, two of my son's fellow
> boy scouts and I
> loaded up our Westy with backpacks, sleeping bags,
> etc., and headed
> up from coastal Massachusetts to Mt. Monadnock in
> New Hampshire. The
> van was fully loaded with people and gear. Yet we
> were able to cruise
> at 70 mph and got 21 mpg.
>
> As I was driving home it began to dawn on me that
> the Vanagon was
> riding "happy"...it was not creaking and groaning,
> it was moving
> along on the highway, etc....it seemed that it was
> its "element". As
> I thought about it even more, I realized that my
> other VW vans had
> the same "behavior" in the past...my 67 Westy and my
> 93 Eurovan all
> seemed "happy" when fully loaded with family,
> equipment, etc.
>
> Anyone ever observe this phenomenon?
>
>
> Ric
>
>
> Happy Thanksgiving
>
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