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Subject:Rialta sighting
From:Sean Bartnik
Date:Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:44:39 EST

Hey all,
Saw a Winnebago Rialta today riding my ass in the middle lane of I-95
here in northern Virginia today.  I was driving my '81.

I was going about 60, passing someone in the right lane.  He came right
up on my bumper and stayed there.  As I pulled back over to the right
lane the road started going uphill.  I noticed that he couldn't pass me
going up the hill.  I was going between 55-60, holding it on the hill
with my 2.0L air-cooled (just barely!) and he seemed to be having
trouble getting past.  He stayed even until the road leveled out and
then he passed.

They're interesting but too blatently RV-ish for me :-)  Not to mention
too water-cooled, too front-engined, and too expensive! :-)

Oh well, just thought I'd report the sighting.

--
Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
'81 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia
'74 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm

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