Date:         Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:03:44 +1200
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: for those of you who are into Sprinter vans...
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>For what it's worth, there was a write up on Westfalia(?) (or was it
>Winnebago?) Sprinters in Motorhome Magazine.  The most interesting
>part? Base price: $79,000. That's seventy-nine large BASE price.
>
>Jim
>
>
>On Wednesday, Apr 7, 2004, at 11:20 US/Pacific, Joe Federici wrote:
>
>>Last weekend after kayaking I was near one of those camper auto mall
>>places on 87 in NY. Since it was right there I stopped to see if they
>>had any sprinter conversions. The few they had I couldn't get into
>>but my first comment was "MAN they are BIG". I didn't realize the
>>size of them.
>>
>>JFF

Yep... and for that money you get a style-free crude box of a truck.
No redeeming features. Ugly. Too big (would YOU have one as your
daily driver?). Unsophisticated (where's the IRS? Heck, Mercedes only
just discovered IFS for vans!). And just how reliable will it be?
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut