A friend on mine recently purchased a Sprinter Cargo Version. http://www.fl-sprinter.com/Cargo/cargo.html He says it gets about 28 miles to the gallon around town and on the freeways. He has kept his other van because he still has a 24 foot deck boat that he pulls about 50 miles on summer weekends. I've got to admit it looks a lit like a truck and UPS purchased about 5000 of them at one time. The key statement here is that we wait and see. There really isn't any reason you couldn't buy the cargo version for $30,000 and an old Airstream Trailer for $5000.00 and mate the two behind your barn and get both a shiny chicken coup and a fairly nice camper van from the combination of parts. Stan Wilder More Power with Performance Coatings http://www.engineceramics.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Brian T. Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:41 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Speaking of lubricant ~ Sprinter Westfalia What a heap of steaming (insert what you like). I can't imagine what that tall narrow over priced *83K* thing would be like in bad weather (either sitting or driving it would be all over the place). YUCK! Brian --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free by AVG. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 9/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 9/10/2004 |
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