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Subject:Re: 2WD sand capabilities?
From:Paul Borghese
Date:Sun, 12 Jul 1998 20:50:34 -0400

Don't do it!!!!

I drove the Vanagon into a sandy campsite and needed to be pulled out by a
passing jeep.

Those rear wheels dug so deep into the sand the muffler was almost covered!

Take care,

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Foltz <Pfunky@AOL.COM>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 10:39 AM
Subject: 2WD sand capabilities?

>Anyone have any sand experience with a 2WD westfalia?  It's almost vacation
>time and I'd like to scoot out to Cape Fear where the trail is sand, mostly
>packed but with a few stretches of deep.  I'm thinking about a spare set of
>wheels with wide tires at low pressure, but hopefully someone has
experience
>and can tell me if I'm wasting time or will be ok.
>
>thanks, patrick
>