At 12:13 AM 3/11/2013, Don Hanson wrote:
>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 always found the easiest drop-in performance boost on the van was a
two-week cruise on a four-knot sailboat.

The only snag was that one time the day after coming off a cruise,
driving down a straight highway in the Westy, I said to my wife "Take
over a minute, will you?" and started to get up to make a pot of
coffee.  That was a downright strange feeling when reality shifted back.

Yours,
David