And apparently I can't spell either (cheep = cheap / reatin = retain) man o man On 2/7/07, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry I had to chime in here. I have next to no experience with the > Eurovan. What I do have is just sitting in one at the Detroit Autoshow about > 5 years ago. I wasn't impressed. Everything seemed cheep and there was next > to no comfort - honestly it wasn't much better than sitting in one of the > Kia's (which were farily new at the time they may have improved). I also > don't care for the look - this is just a personal preference - they just > look like another Minivan. > > As for Astro vans. Well, I suppose they are just another minivan as well > but I had one and I loved it. I traded mine in at 239,000 and it was still > running great. I rode pretty damn nice too. However like Jeff Stewart said > almost everything else was broken (back doors wouldn't open, none of the > power windows worked, slider door didn't operate properly, etc.) Astro's can > also be outfitted in a way that they don't resemble a soccer mom van - so > they reatin a bit of "cool". > > > > -- > 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) >
-- 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) |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.