Thanx for the tip!
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 5/14/2008 7:34 PM B wrote:

> On May 14, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Mike Elliott wrote:
>
> [ edited ]
>
>>  Mellow
>> Yellow is probably less-suitable for daily driving in snow, ice, and
>> other
>> assorted quiescently-frozen water-based street schmutz. Mellow
>> Yellow's
>> function in our lives is for camping and vacationing.
>
> Or maybe more suitable than you're imagining ...
>
> We went camping at Agua Caliente.  Woke up to lotsa' agua frio falling
> from the sky.
>
> As we drove westward on I-8, we saw lotsa' folks pulled over, forced
> over, or (worse) spun-out.  But we felt safe enough to continue
> because we had really good traction on the slush, since the rear
> driving wheels had the weight of the engine over them.  It seemed like
> steering was (as far as it's possible in one of these vehicles) good
> and true.  No drama.
>
> However ... we did immediately after this event go out and buy snow
> chains!
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
>