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Old 07-30-2010, 10:54 AM   #14 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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I have 5 BIG round-top bumps on my final approach to work, and departure in the evening. I take them at 15 mph (parking lot) speed, so I don't have to do one last pulse. Taking them at street speeds, though, I don't know.

The Odyssey van, on the other hand, gets all out of sorts on the same bumps. Wheel hop, skittering sideways, wallowing. And I chose the Ody because it's one of the best-handling of the minivan bunch. It's still a tiptoeing hippo.
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