At 10:18 AM 6/11/2001, Donald Baxter wrote: >I dunno. I liked the description of these, when they first came out, as >being something a designer from Toyota scribbled on the back of a >cocktail napkin after a saki jag. I know Vanagons, Vanagons are friends >of mine, and this is NO Vanagon :-) They're built on a Corolla chassis, I believe, with the Corolla 96" wheelbase which gives them long overhangs and a tendency to bob and dip a lot. Supposed to be quite reliable, but a hideous pain to do anything at all on the engine (beyond checking the oil). A lot smaller than a Vanagon. Anybody know anything about the Mitsubishi van that looks much more like a V'gon (still somewhat smaller)? I sometimes mistake them for Vanagons in the distance from behind. david
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