> I have never driven/owned a > bay but love my 84 & 65 Westys. When ever I have the chance to do a long > road trip, I will take the 84 any day over the splitties for obvious reasons > like HEAT, but some shows like Kelley Park, OCTO, etc. you have to have > thick skin to show up in a post 1967 bus. I've owned a '61, '67, '76, and two Vanagons, '81 aircooled and '87 Syncro Westy. I rate the '76 at the bottom in terms of long distance driving comfort. The splitties, you could lean forward and rest on the steering wheel. The Vanagons, you sit very comfortably and drive, but the loafs were somewhere in the middle and there was not as natural a way to sit and drive for a long time. Maybe I'd put the '81 at the top--light, quick and responsive and very comfortable to drive. (Mine is a 7-passenger, so lighter than a Westy.) OK, noisy.... Well, nothing like the '67 Kombi! Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.