Derek,

Can you suggest for us a decent-quality, heavy duty, "fast", 12v air pump for use when bringing the tires back up to full pressure? Hand pumps are not an option!

Cheers,

MJS

At 10:50 AM 2/2/99 -0500, Derek Drew wrote:

>Next time let the air out of the syncro's tires down to around 18 psi.

>

>This is so important you won't believe it. Absolutely changes the car into

>something different.

>

>At 11:55 PM 2/1/99 -0500, you wrote:

>>Hi all!  This is just a little, or not so little tale of how I spent my

>>Saturday, 30 Jan, morning.

>>

>>It started out a beautiful Minnesota morning.  Not a cloud in the sky and temp

>>in the lower 20s.  There was a freezing fog the night before and all the trees

>

>________________________________________________________

>Derek Drew                              New York, NY & Washington, DC

>drew@interport.net

>'90 Syncro Westfalia...

>...seen off-road at http://www.tiu.net/~des/vw/drew/index.html

>

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>

>        Note: most valuable Vanagon sites on the planet (for owners) are:

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>

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