Date:         Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:26:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      nyuk, nyuk, nyuk (VLIFVC) :)
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very little, if any, vanagon content!!!

ok, now and then, i buy copies of Motorhome and Trailer Life
magazines... sometimes you find neat ideas in there. :)

March2003 issue of Trailer Life has a couple of things that might
be of interest ...

1. Hummer H2. yeah, so what? $53,000 SUV ..big, ugly, and
expensive.
11mpg. 0-60 in 20 seconds.

say what?

yup. my 91 automatic can beat a $53,000 SUV to 60mph!!!!!!
whahoooooo!!! :)

ha!! :)

now, the funny part about this test was that they pulled a
trailer with the H2. but the trailer cost only $22,000 ... i
might be missing something here, but it seems to me that anyone
who could afford a $50k tow vehicle that gets only 11mpg
(actually, only 8mpg when pulling the trailer!) would buy
something a bit bigger/fancier/more-expensive. ;)


2. for those that were talking about the Mercedes Sprinter and
all its possibilities ...
at some RV trade show in louisville, ky, a company called Forest
River introduced an RV'd MB Sprinter ... a class B motorhome.
$50,000. :(  yup. says that MB was/is very strict about the
modifications that can be made to the body, so the only changes
are removal of the rear doors and adding a fibreglas rear cap (no
rear doors or windows).
http://www.forestriverinc.com/ is the web site, but i can't find
anything about the new one yet.
article claims its been introduced by their Surveyor Division
(used to make only ultra-lightweight towables).

now you know as much as i do. :)