>What gives?  The vanagon has the engine and
>transmission mounted over the drive axle.  Why
>would it have poor traction?

Perhaps the weight was mostly on the other three wheels--I had my rear
right wheel off the ground once when I went up a pavement embankment at
an angle--the other tire apparently never got any power, which seems
really weird to me.

-George
83.5 Westy