>>Hmmm???  My wife's 88 rides nice and smoothly as I believe your's should.  
>>What tires do you have?  
>>Have you tested the shocks?  Test them by pushing down good & hard with you
>>body weight on one corner of the van (don't break your bumper!) and watching
>>the response.  The corner should rise back up, then down & stop.  If it
>>bounces any more than that, the shock it bad.

Well, here's the scoop: I'm riding Goodyear Regatta touring tires, size
P195/70R14 @ 36 psi all around. Based on the simple shock test mentioned
above, my shocks seem to be fine. How could I tell if the tires are
reinforced, or would that even make a difference?

Pat

P.S. My apologies to the subject police! Honest officer, I swear I didn't
see that subject line :-)
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Patrick L. Larsen
Water Center/Environmental Programs
University of Nebraska
pll@unlinfo.unl.edu
http://www.uvm.edu/~plarsen/pat.html
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