Michael,

I see you ride a Cannondale bike. I just bought mine and love it. It is
the forerunner to the Delta-V bikes of today.  The rear suspension is
passive.  The quadra 21-r on the front works well. I am amazed how light
the frames are on these bikes. I just hope they are not fragile!

Are you sure the camper was not pulling the vanagon??

Kenneth Winter

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> On our way back from our weekly pilgrimage from Rhode Island to New
> Hampshire in our '84 Westy,  we saw a most interesting sight.  We were
> traveling down 128 (really 95 south), when my girl friend said look at that,
> pointing to a enormous 30+ foot motor home trailer that we were approaching.
> Never having seen such a large trailer on this road we both stared as we
> passed it, what we saw next almost knocked me out of my seat.  This huge
> motor home trailer was being towed by a ~89 VW Vanagon!   The Vanagon was
> even keeled and travailing down the road at 65 mph.  This came as quite a
> shock to me especially since I just spent the last 2 hours in NH trying to
> get my unloaded Westy to go up the slightest of hills!   Anyway, is the 2.1
> that much more powerful then the 1.9??  What gives here, I've never seen
> anything like this and don't know if it's normal.
> Next issue, heat.  I can't turn the heat completely off in my van.  I've
> turned the control to the 'cold' setting and made sure the vents are closed,
> but the center heating unit under the dash in the middle still heats up and
> pushes hot air out around the closed vents.   This also happens with the
> rear heater, even when the switch is turned to 'no heat' hot air still leaks
> out.  Is this the price I must pay for heat during the winter, or is there a
> way to turn the heat off completely?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike D.
> '84 Westy
> '97 Passat GLX VR6
> '96 Canaondale F-700
> '95 Cannondale R-600