On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?

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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst was
driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just need to pay
a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst was
driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just need to
pay a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

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On Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:51 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

Whoever said they can't do over 65 is full of it. The few times I've
taken it down to the Cape (not towing), I've had to back off at times
because the speed will slowly creep up to 80 without you noticing it.
Also, they only *look* top heavy. They are not.

Just curious, how are they with the wind blowing?


They are affected, but I've never felt that it was unsafe. The worst
was driving over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a windy day. You just
need to pay a little more attention and drive for conditions.

Eisboch

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy
days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off
the road.

Eisboch


That I remember.

Do you think the Sprinter will survive the aftermath of the Chrysler
meltdown/rebirth? It certainly has a following in the commercial world.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy
days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


I am sure you can appreciate what the bus is like. At least the Bug had a
bit of aerodynamic design to it.

The Bus is like driving a big block of Styrofoam with an engine down the
road.

Eisboch

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:28:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

I'm sure that'll go over real good here.
I bought a passenger seat recliner hinge setup at Warshawsky so I
could sleep in mine when I traveled to Portland, OR.
Tall as I am and endowed as I am it would be impossible to do anything
useful in the back of a bug.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:28:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

I'm sure that'll go over real good here.
I bought a passenger seat recliner hinge setup at Warshawsky so I
could sleep in mine when I traveled to Portland, OR.
Tall as I am and endowed as I am it would be impossible to do anything
useful in the back of a bug.

--Vic


I'm about 6'/2.5" now. I used to be 6'3"...but who knows where that half
inch has gone?

Columbia, Missouri was "the" place to go for a road trip in those
days...lotsa gals at Mizzou, plus Christian College and Stephens
College, in those days, women students only. My KC girlfriend in those
days went to Mizzou for her degree, so I spend considerable time Friday
nights getting there, and then coming back so I could at work by 4:30
Sunday afternoon.

HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly
windy days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go
off the road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

Where haven't you got laid? Does your landlady know what a slut you are?