Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:13:21 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
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Thanks for tipping the balance. For a while there, it looked like the
Toyota was going to win!
: )
Jim
On Dec 19, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Matt Drew wrote:
> This is meant purely in jest, but why would ANYONE ask a national
> list of
> VANAGON LOVERS for an unbiased opinion on this subject?
>
> I personally can't imagine that there would be any contest.
>
> Vanagon wins by a landslide.
>
> ;o)
>
> Just my .02
>
> Matt Drew
> '90 GL "Blackbeard"
>
>
>
> On 12/19/06, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> When I lived in Chicago (1995-96) my guitar player had the Toyota
>> version.
>> I
>> don't remeber there being any problems with it and we drove it all
>> over.
>>
>> That van had and interesting life. It was stolen once but was
>> returned
>> after
>> about a week unharmed. There was also some homless person who
>> broke in and
>> would live in it at night. Never bothered the owner much.
>>
>>
>> On 12/16/06, Geo <geost@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Any thoughts on the Vanagon vs. Toyota Van? I've been looking
>> into the
>> > Toyota Van of the same era as the Vanagon. It's a similar
>> unconventional
>> > design but with the engine under the seats instead of in back. A
>> bit
>> less
>> > room but reliability (tho after 20 years I guess it's all a crap
>> shoot)
>> &
>> > gas mileage were strong points. I really want to go vege-diesel
>> but
>> that
>> > doesn't seem to be a viable option with the Toyota.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff
>> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
>> 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
>> 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
>>
>
Jim Felder
felder@knology.net
"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am
still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to
concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered
to. I have met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of
the horse, and even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they
seemed as anxious to recover them as if they had lost them
themselves." - henry thoreau
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