

| Subject: | Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy" |
| From: | Richard Golen |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:37:51 -0500 |
Reminds me of one of the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' albums entitled "Whipped Cream and other delights" which featured a young lovely wearing nothing but whipped cream on the cover...thanks for the mammaries! At 08:08 PM 11/21/2006, John Rodgers wrote: >Hmmm, for single guys a van full of Jello with a trollop on top >wearing the whip cream might be a better bet! LOL > > >Sorry, just couldn't resist. The door was left wide open. > >My apologies to the Ladies of the List. > >Regards, > >John Rodgers >88 GL Driver > > > >Richard Golen wrote: >>I'd prefer a van-full of jello with a HUGE dollop of whipped cream on top! >> >>At 02:07 PM 11/21/2006, Bostig Eng wrote: >>>Yeah there is definitely a psychological component to perception when it >>>comes to this stuff as well, but filling the interior room of the van with >>>people and stuff is a good demonstration of the NVH rule of thumb which has >>>mass being the most effective tool in noise control. However, try peeling >>>down an off or on ramp with the same vanload of folks and you quickly >>>discover some other principles that apply when adding lot's of mass to >>>something. I wonder what would happen if you filled a van with a foot of >>>jello and let it gel, then drove it. >>> >>>Jim >>> >>>Bostig Engineering >>>Engine Systems Voodoo >>>http://www.bostig.com/ >>>617.272.3800 >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Jeff Lincoln [mailto:magikvw@GMAIL.COM] >>>Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:52 PM >>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>Subject: Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy" >>> >>>This also occurs after washing, oil changes, adding new "gadgets", and >>>generally knowing that you are driving your beloved beast for its intended >>>purpose (kniwing you have a few days off work helps too). >>> >>>On 11/21/06, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > RE: Ride Happy >>> > I've had the same experience when loaded heavy. A couple of times a year >>> > I >>> > load a bunch (I mean a whole lot) of astronomy equipment into >>> my '90 Westy >>> > for about a three hour trip to a location in Eastern Washington. >>>Most of >>> > the distance is on the freeway, I-90. And I always notice how nice the >>> > ride >>> > is and also how quiet because the back end is completely full, >>> to the top, >>> > with scope and equipment cases. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Jeff >>>90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work) >>>86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90') >>>85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future) >> >
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