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Date:         Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:27:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?
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I think the weekender is your ticket. You need the 7 passenger and the fridge and stove can easily be replaced with a cooler and portable stove. You're going to need a tent anyway. With a family of 7. you will soon find that for major traveling you've outgrown the Vanagon. If you want a Vanagon due to low cost of ownership and operation, you may soon be disappointed. Whatever the purchase price, that is only the down payment. Even for many of the pricey ones. These are ~20 year old vehicles that will need some TLC to keep them running.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Lubin Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:47 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: extra seats in a full camper, or stick with a weekender?

Greetings, I am new to this list, and even newer to vanagons (since I don't yet own even one!) and so my first question is about which models to include in my search.

I've got four kids, with one more on the way, and I need a vehicle that can fit all of them for driving, although not necessarily for camping. The weekender arrangement, with two rear-facing seats in the second row, seems ideal, but I'd also like to consider the full camper, in case I want to take subsets of them for a real camping trip.

So, the question is, how realistic is it to try to do one or more of the following with the full camper? 1. Squeeze three (small) kids in the existing rear bench, and get a two-seat bench (or two jump seats) for a second row. 2. Remove the sink/stove and put in a three-seat second row. 3. Transform the camper interior completely to a weekender, with plans to later transform it back.

Let me also mention that people whom I trust and respect think it's ridiculous for me to even consider a full camper, but I thought I'd throw the question out to this list to see if anyone has experience or ideas that I should consider.

Thanks much.


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