I find the current thread on diesel performance very timely, in as much as I am considering buying a diesel camper on the west coast while there on a trip this summer. The person that has volunteered to inspect it for me, also was somewhat discouraging about the ability of a diesel to move from place to place in a reasonable manner, especially long distances in the West . My idea is to buy the van, go to my daughter's in southwest Oregon, visit my brother in Montana, and bonsai back to NC, hopefully not leaving a VW camper somewhere in between. Pretty hare brain, huh. So the point is, is there anyone in the Raleigh/Durham, central NC, Charlotte, NC area with a standard 1.6 diesel that would let me ride and perhaps drive it before I spend any more energy on this hare brained idea. That's right, I have never ridden or driven a diesel vanagon and I am thinking about buying one. Well I had never driven or ridden in a vanagon, period or even seen the one that I currently own, before I bought it. But it was a deal you could not let go by. Sort of like the guy who saw the add in the paper for the Porsche for $50.... So NC diesel owners, burst my bubble or keep me dreaming. Any other comments would be appreciated. Jim -- Jim and Lois Henry Durham, NC www.jchgis.com (Jim) dull work stuff www.foxcarving.com (Lois) really neat stuff 84 GSL-SE 85 GSL-SE (parts car) 84 Vanagon Westfalia camper 95 Oldsmobile Aurora 93 Geo Prism 87 RX7 na jch@jchgis.com lkhenry@vnet.net |
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