Can you imagine your 'sweetie' wheeling that big slug through the McDonalds or other fast food drive through. I see them as just a giant van. When Airstream made the Ford mounted 190 series they used a 460 CID engine. That makes sense to me because more power is much better than less power when navigating driving obstacles and heavy crosswinds. The interstate built on the Sprinter /Other chasis has a 2.7 liter turbocharged 5 cylinder diesel. That's still a baby diesel by almost anybodys standards. With a towin capacity of only 5,000 pounds that puts it right there with a six cylinder F100 ford pickup truck. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW
> "I'm starting to see a lot more of these in the USA (rebadged as Dodges and > Freightliners)" > > Ya, I see the Freightliners in this area fairly often. Have wondered about > their convertability. Look like they have a lot of cubic space. > Watching "The Tour" on OLN, I saw quite a few of what looked like these > vans. > Wonder which one you were in? :) > bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Wasson" <briwasson@VERIZON.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW > > > > I haven't driven the LT yet, but did have the opportunity to drive a > > Mercedes Sprinter for over two weeks this July while staffing a bike tour > > that followed the Tour de France around France. After driving it thousands > > of kilometers, I really fell in love with it. The CDi engine coupled with > > the 5 speed tranny had lots of power and returned decent mileage. The > > turning radius was great, it was comfortable to drive, and felt very > > nimble > > when driving the tiny little back roads of France and in heavy traffic in > > Paris. All in all, a very nice design and very roomy. > > > > I'm starting to see a lot more of these in the USA (rebadged as Dodges and > > Freightliners), and I think as word gets out a lot of service people will > > be > > buying them. I did see a US-built camper conversion of the Sprinter at an > > RV > > dealer, but they wanted something like $85,000 for it. That's a lot for a > > campervan, I think. > > > > I'm going to keep my eyes open in few years for a used Sprinter and maybe > > look into doing a self-conversion into a camper. > > > > Brian W. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 > >
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