Thanks very much

I agree with the tyre pressures. I always experiment as tyre combinations, driving type, load, suspension all have an effect.  I have always owned at least one Beetle over the last 30 years (!), and have covered 100's of thousands of miles in them.  I always try and change the pressures to suit the journey, and I find it makes a difference to handling and the feeling of security.

Every year we drive from the UK to my wife's home in the mountains in the north of Spain, a journey of 1,300 miles each way.  All those years ago we used to do it in my old, cheap and tatty Beetles, but recently we have used my modern cars or the Porsche.  The idea of building the 1302 cabriolet as a tough fast car was so that we could do the journey again in a Beetle.  Stopping over in Paris, where we used to spend a lot of time, and do the 'Song of Lucy Jordan' bit - drive out of Paris with the warm wind in the hair.  We really are NOT that sentimental.

Enough of me.

Thanks for the web site below I will cruise.

A question -perhaps I should put this on the forum - where to buy an old Type 4 2litre engine from?  Next part of the saga - stick it in the 1302

Bye

-----Original Message-----
From: scout18 [mailto:scout18@...]
Sent: 25 July 2003 05:59
To: 1302@...
Subject: Re: [1302 eGroup] Ride Height

The procedure is fairly strait forward. I had never done it before. I just
followed the directions in my shop maual and all was well. One more thing. I
had always inflated my front tires to 32 PSI. I now follow the
recommendation of the chart found on my glove compartment lid an inflate to
19 PSI. The ride on my beetle is vastly improved. PSS here is a grat website
wiht a searchable archive. Have fun.

http://thesamba.com/vw/index.mv