$115 per day? Wow! I've only spent $15 per day on my bus. $15/day, every day--for five and a half years. At least mine isn't drivable. Tom 1986 Syncro Westy 2.5 TDI (running but not yet drivable) --- Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I can't believe that nobody has mentioned this yet. > > The August 1, 2005 issue of Autoweek has an brief > blurb on Vanagons. There > is even a picture of a beautiful blue Westy that is > the same color as my van > Vincent. > > The article is about summer road trips, and the > section on Vanagons (and a > EuroVan) begins on page 24. The article is about how > great the Vanagon > (especially the Westy) is for road trips and > camping. The article begins: > "The best-known secret of the RV community is the > humble and ubiquitous > Volkswagen van." There is a picture of a Vanagon > Westy and a EuroVan. The > article talks about an outfit in Salt Lake City > called Western Road Trips. > It was started by two rock climbers that found the > Vanagon to be the perfect > climbing assault vehicle. They started the company > that rents out VW campers > (the company owns eight Westy Vanagons and one Westy > EuroVan). > > It is nice to get some positive press from the > mainstream media. I'm just > disappointed that they left out any mention of John > Wallace. > > Cheers, > Bruce > motorbruce@hotmail.com >
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