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Subject:Re: CRASH WORTHY??
From:Sam Scholten
Date:Wed, 29 Apr 1998 10:04:42 -0700

---Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 08:54:14 -0700 Sam Scholten said:
> >In their test of an '84 Vanagon, they accused the Vanagon of
> >"side-to-side rocking". I have an '84 myself, and have never
> >experienced this. Has anyone else?
>
> yes. once. my fat-ass cousin, weighing in at nearly 300 lbs, was
seated
> in the middle of the back seat (actually, she was seated in the right,
> middle, and left of the back seat), when she dropped her bracelet.
when
> she leaned over to pick it up, the bus reacted violently in a
side-to-side
> rocking motion. but i may have over-corrected ... i was trying to
stay on
> the pavement. :)
>

Actually, a friend of mine experienced "side-to-side rocking" in his
'81, when some same-day acquaintances decided they'd have a nightcap
in his Vanagon. That was NOT cool. However, the seats were still
clean. :)

>
>
> you mean to say it ISN'T Friday??? :(
> joel
>

No. I just took my last final. As far as I'm concerned, it IS Friday.
~~:)

Sam
==
"Punk's not dead (it just sucks right now)"

|                     "I'm not Punk, I'm New-Wave!"

...quit whining...
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