I just bought a Cannondale, hope it works out.

Did  the occupants appear to be screaming?  It is likely they were going
downhill and couldn't slow the damn rig down :-)

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> From: Karen Winter <cen13504@centuryinter.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: Power & Heat
> Date: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 7:26 AM
> 
> 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