Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:20:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New van Style
Comments: To: Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@uws.edu.au>
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RE: T4 comments
Steve, that's one of the most informative posts about the Eurovan
configuration I've seen, thanks.
Here in the US we only saw the Winnabago conversion on the Eurovan base and
it had a number of drawbacks in the layout.  The main objections I've see
(and had when looking at EVCs about five years ago) was low clearance, lower
clearance for the propane tank, less inside area (than a T3) and cost.  When
I was looking for and bought my '90 Westfalia I seriously considered the
later model (late '90s) EVCs I found but was spoiled after several years of
camping in and '85 Westy.  And a major stumbling block was local prices, the
Eurovan was around $10,000 more than a good clean '90 or '91 Westy.  For
that amount of money, actually much less, I could buy and outfit a '90 Westy
with everything that I might get from the Eurovan with the exception of ABS.
BTW, part of my comments on the reliability of the earlier Eurovans
(remember the discussion started about a '93) was based on the opinions and
comments from a friend that was a service writer for a large VW dealer, I
knew him from outside the VW community.  Others on various lists have made
other comments less than flattering about them also.