On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:30:27 EDT "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I recall a couple of > years ago, a donated beetle belonging to a central Ark. hospice that was > being > raffled, was being pulled all over the place behind a motor home. The beetle > turned over, causing major mischief and injury. That was probably caused by a worn out steering damper. Hit a pothole at-speed and the steering wheels went to full lock one way or the other rather than having the steering damper take the shock and allow recovery. My 1973 Riviera camper has averaged between 8,000 and 12,000 towed miles per year from when I bought it in January 2004. I tow it 1,500 miles (one way) to BBB in Lake Havasu City, AZ every January and close to 1,500 miles (one way) to the Jerome Jamboree in Jerome, AZ every September (This past year I dropped my one way distance to Jerome down to about 1,300 miles by changing my route). No problems so far, not even when I lost the tread layer off of a front tire on one of the trips (http://phorce1.us/Jerome_2004/). Eventually I'll get all the bugs worked out and actually drive it more than 10 miles from home. But, until then, the towbar works great. Gerald _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
