Date:         Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:55:45 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now since the EV
              is dead?
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>I, for one would not drive one of those new microbus minivans (those things
>are supposed to be no bigger than a Nissan Quest...i might as well
>buy a Nissan
>Quest, thell be cheaper)..   What else is as big as the current vw van?
>nothing really..  didnt GMC can the safari/astro too?  that was the only
>competition the EV had..
>anyway.. i digress.. maybe the daimler-chrysler Sprinters will be cheap
>enough to own by then..

The Sprinter, also sold with VW LT badges, is not a reliable vehicle,
apparently (well well, how surprising). It also looks like a crude
cardboard box. All it lacks is corrugations...

The Astro wasn't a proper van. Like some of the Mercedes vans being
sold here, it is really a stationwagon. The roof is far too low for
items that would easily fit into a VW or Japanese van.

My Hiace can hold more and larger itrems than a similar-sized VW van,
due to lack of the engine hump.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut