Date:         Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:12:41 -0800
Reply-To:     byard <bluedove@KFALLS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         byard <bluedove@KFALLS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon safety and design?
Comments: To: Jennifer Jones <jj1@MAIL.TDS.NET>
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From everything I've read, the Chrysler Corp vans don't have great records
for mechanical problems, seem to have quite a few.
Vanagon has better visibility because of the high seating, and since you're
going to be driving a lot, I think the Westy's have the best seats I've
ever been in.
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> From: Jennifer Jones <jj1@MAIL.TDS.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon safety and design?
> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:22 PM
>
> Hello - I will update further on this in another message, but I am just
on
> the brink of buying an '85 Westy with 75K original miles,...>
> His main issue (along with lack of power and crappy gas mileage) was
safety
> and design....he tried to
> talk me into getting an early '90s Dodge Caravan with a 3.0 L engine.
Said
> the they got great gas mileage, were very safe, and had a lot of power.
>  And, that I could convert the inside into some kind of camper.