{"id":1632,"date":"2011-01-06T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2011-01-06T04:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:33:00","slug":"zoom-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Zoom zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lovine\/5327586719\/\" title=\"EMPI HD Front Sway bar on VW T2 Bus by lovine, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5162\/5327586719_64ec26db4f_c.jpg\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" alt=\"EMPI HD Front Sway bar on VW T2 Bus\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning, I finally completed installing the EMPI heavy duty sway bar on the bus.  It was pretty straightforward, but it took me awhile to figure out and get the tools I needed (c-clamps) to get all the clamps back together.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I forgot about them as soon as I pulled out of the driveway.  I had already gotten used to the 'boat-y' handling characteristics of the bus, which after all is shaped like a breadloaf.  But while I was cruising the highway several minutes later, I quickly noted how I didn't have to grip the wheel as a semi truck passed me - less buffeting from the wind.  And when I took the curved exit ramp out of Sherman Way, I broke out into a smile.  The bus seemed to hug the road and actually leaned into the turn, instead of feeling like we're all about to capsize and flip over.  Vanessa, are you turning into a sports car?  Pretty darn amazing, I can't believe I didn't do this upgrade sooner.  She handles like a charm!<\/p>\n<p>In a few hours, I'm taking her back up to the Bay Area.  I need to sleep. Now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I finally completed installing the EMPI heavy duty sway bar on the bus. It was pretty straightforward, but it took me awhile to figure out and get the tools I needed (c-clamps) to get all the clamps back together. To be honest, I forgot about them as soon as I pulled out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volkswagen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}