I was joshin' with Scott...who has at times described the vanagon as a
"Sporty" handler.

  What I noticed was that my van, without it's 2.5 month trip load of
'stuff'....it felt really lighter and much less like a loaded down cargo
vehicle...Today I reversed some of the route I just drove...and without the
load the van was a lot more responsive...to be expected, but I 'picked up
on it' big time this afternoon.

   I have RA O 8s on the front and Hakka Cs on the rear in 42f and 49r air
pressure..

.I find my van handles pretty well, considering it's weight, shape and
C.O.G......but it ain't no sports car....not by any 'spin' you can come up
with....Yeah, it corners better than my 1977 1-Ton long chassis Dodge Van
and probably outhandles my Ford 250 diesel with the Alaskan Camper....but
it ain't no way sporty.....Its a camper van, for (diety of your choice)
sake!

  And...."understeering"?....It scares me to death thinking of purposely
drifting a corner in a Volkswagen Vanagon......
  ciao
  Don Hanson

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> >
> > if you have identical front and rear tires ..
> > especially if they are 14 inch ones and D load rating , I'd probably
> > think the handling is pretty bad , like 'choppy' and understeering,
> > compared to what they can be , in my experience.
> >
>