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On 30 May 1997, Jeff Carver wrote: > he could change lanes by using the wing windows. By opening the > right wing, the drag on the Sqbk is increased, the vehicle changes > it's heading and veers right. The longer and farther out one pushes > the wing, the faster the lane change. To straighten out, one uses > the wing window on the left to veer the Sqbk to the left. It takes > LOTS more to correct a veering than it does to initiate. > > One time made too much of a lane change and the only way to keep it > from going too far was to open the driver's door. Now, that adds > some drag! Well....busses do it better!!:) on a bus, the doors will accually ride open, due to the vacuum created around the sides..(not all the way open, but maybe 5 or 6 inches) which makes it much easier to change lanes....a little door here, a lot more there...:) We have been known to cruise around town doing exactly that...:) (or we just fly, which means holding the doors fully owpn with one foot..........) Allways wear seatbelts when flying...:) ....david.... > -- Keeper Of The Light: Pushing Back The Darkness at http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/charlie/charlie.html '75 Retired Westy-Canadian Model, Cody (storage shed) '69 Westy, Itchigo (New muffler! Thanks Ron!) '71 Baja Squareback, Lady (driver-project, FS/Parting) '69 Offroad Beetle, Lifted and Uncut! (project) '81 Rabbit Pickup, Diesel (awaiting frontend transplant) xi8940@freenet.tlh.fl.us.......Located in Augusta, Ga