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Subject:Re: Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
From:leo mulvihill
Date:Sun, 16 Apr 1995 00:32:57 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 15 Apr 1995, Mike Catlin wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 15 Apr 1995, John Anderson wrote:
> (text deleted)
> >...'87 Caravan... will outhandle a bus and probably a
> > Vanagon...
> 
> A Dodge?  Outhandle a Vanagon?  I don't think so.
> 
> I rented one last summer for a 3,000 mile trip.  On smooth roads it 
> handled well.  On dirt roads, rough roads, changing camber and decreasing 
> radius turns it drove like a pig.  You need a damn wide road to make a 
> u-turn, too.  My Vanagon handles as well on smooth pavement and way 
> better on everything else.
> 
> Mike   
> '82 Vanagon diesel
> 
You called the Dodge a pig!  HA! What do you call a diesel Vanagon

Leo

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