Date:         Fri, 8 Mar 2002 08:22:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance
Comments: To: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
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Their gas William. Mine gets 24 on the highway, in the mountains, with the
AC on.
Gotta love the Audi 5 cyl 1995 EVC for that reason alone.

BTW: its a automatic too.

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu




> -----Original Message-----
> From: developtrust [mailto:developtrust@COX.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:53 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance
>
>
> I still only get 15 MPG. How do you get 23 MPG? Is yours gas
> or diesel?
>
> William
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan barber" <barb2375@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Eurovan vs Vanagon and Cognitive dissonance
>
>
> > Hey, drive whatever you want to drive for whatever reasons.
> >
> > If you're trying to be logical, the orginal literature for
> the Vanagon
> > listed interior room as being 201 sq ft. Guess what? The
> short wheelbase
> > Eurovan has 201 sq ft according to the latest literature.
> >
> > I like the Eurovan. I drag race motorcycles and it gets
> used extensively
> for
> > driving long distances to the tracks towing a 1 ton trailer
> and all kinds
> of
> > people and crap on the inside. I can still use it to
> commute becase the
> > thing gets 20 mpg in mixed city driving. None of my old
> Westy vans ever
> got
> > 20 mpg on the open road. Ever. On the open road at speeds
> more appropriate
> > to modern driving (80-85 mph) I still get 23 mpg.
> >
> > Seat 7, sleep 4, get decent mileage, tow a reasonable size
> trailer, and
> > provide a safe, reliable, comfortable trip to work or
> halfway across the
> > country. I've had this thing less than a year and I've got
> 20k miles on
> it.
> > It's the first car I've really *liked* since I bought the
> 78 Westy back in
> > 82.
> >
> > Az
> > --
> > AH#56
>