Date:         Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:33:46 -0800
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Design of a New Microbus
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> We would definitely need the right base van to start with.  One that would
> get people excited.  Not sure if that van exists in the US right now.


You know, I hadn't been excited over a vehicle for years before I bought my
Vanagon in 2003. I researched for weeks looking for the perfect camping
vehicle, and in the end I concluded that nothing ANYWHERE even came close to
the Vanagon.  It was so far-and-away better than the minivans and full size
conversions that I was willing to pick up my mechanics tools and maintain a
12+ year old vehicle after over a decade of having greasemonkeys change my
oil for me.

If the engine isn't in the back, I just can't get as excited over it. I grew
riding up in my father's '68 loaf, though, so I was probably already
infected and just didn't know it.

Is there really anything out there even in the same class?


--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"