Date:         Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:03:37 +0000
Reply-To:     joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Vanagon-Eurovan Thanksgiving Goodwill
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A friend of mine called on Saturday night and said he and his wife and two
kids were stranded in Stratton, CO (near the Kansas border) after losing the
V-belt on their '93 Eurovan Weekender en route from Kansas City.

They had the Eurovan towed back to Denver by AAA, who incidentally refused
to transport he and his family, and got a motel in Stratton.

I took off early yesterday morning from Denver and headed out on the plains
in my Vanagon to pick them up.  I had a great trip out; I've done a lot of
mountain driving since the Subaru 2.2 conversion but hadn't done much
flat-out highway driving.  I stayed around 70-75 MPH @ 4000-4100 RPM and got
around 22 MPG for the 150 miles out there.

They were happy to see me--I picked up my buddy and his family and all of
their luggage, gifts, baby stuff, etc. and started back.  My buddy was
telling me all about what a rough night they'd had the night before, costs
involved, etc. as I took the onramp to the Interstate.

He then stopped in mid-sentence and said, "whoa--how fast are we going?
This thing is like a rocket!"  He turned to his wife "honey, did you feel
that?  We're already going 70!"

Anyway, I got him and his family back to Golden by noon.  And after the ride
and the conversation about his Eurovan and my Vanagon, he was dead set on a
Subaru-converted Vanagon when we arrived....

Joe T.

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