On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:27 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

>   Could it be that there were "accidents" that needn't have happened or
> were worse because some folks chose to keep the valve open while driving,
> and

> VW elected to add warnings to reduce the company's liability exposure?
>  Just wonderin' ........... .
>

  Probably this last...Liability and it's "assignment" seems a driving force
in many countries now.

  Here is a quote (from a T-shirt) that I try to heed in my daily living....

"I do not intend to tip-toe carefully through Life, only to arrive safely at
Death"

  When I think about all the less-restricted behavior that is the norm in
most of the world, I gotta laugh at some of our "warning labels" and some of
the 'settlements' that have been awarded in our legal system...  I like the
ones about..."Danger!, this hot coffee is hot.  You could burn your lips"
or 'do not put your had in the flames'...   I'm sorry  that all vehicles
seem to be designed to understeer, now a days,  because then the car makers
won't be held liable for a car "spinning-out" when the driver screws up with
an understeering car...the vehicle plows off the road and *that* can be
called.."he drove right off the road, going too fast" rather than "the car
spun out" (going too fast)

  Vanagon content?  Anyone ever done any wild driving in their van?  It
takes some getting used to not having anything in front to judge how far out
the rear end may be hanging in a drift....(only possible on very slick
roads)
  Don Hanson