Bruce Nadig wrote: > My favorite design feature, shared with the split windshield and bay window > busses, is the fact that you are sitting directly above the front > wheels. It > is always fun to make passengers freak out when you go to park it nose > in up > next to a retaining wall, bushes, etc. This is at the top of my list for a number of reasons, not least of which is that my wife, who is prone to motion sickness in any car, has no trouble at all in the Vanagon. In fact, she can read the paper in the passenger seat, something that would turn her green in seconds in any other vehicle. > Without exception, the unitiated passengers will scream, hold on, or panic > in some other way as they think the van is about to crash. This is particularly effective if you're swinging into a narrow parking space...they're already moving sideways when they see the wall coming! Another of my favorite features? Sliding door+walkthrough means you can get out of the car after zipping into that narrow space. -Z |
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