Date:         Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:08:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
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Count me in the 2 category.

But I did make ONE ~500 mile trip (both ways), a while back, with the 7
passenger full up.   7 passengers (no children) PLUS camping gear for
everybody.  That was quite a drive.  This in a 1.9l in hilly country.

Joy Hecht wrote:
> Okay, how many people on this list only drive their van with 6-7 people in
> it?  I've met a fair number who regularly travel with two, a few who
> regularly travel with four. Never met anyone traveling with 6 or 7, not even
> Greg Potts who might have a record on filling a van with teen-agers to take
> them to campouts!  A lot of families show up at camp-outs with more than one
> van, too.  So even if they could travel with four, in fact they don't.
>
> Cats and dogs don't count. :-)
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: geiserfam@sprintpcs.com [mailto:geiserfam@sprintpcs.com]
> :::Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:21 PM
> :::To: 'Joy Hecht'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: RE: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
> :::
> :::18-20 is great mpg if you're utilizing the capacity of 6-7 people: you'd
> :::have to make 2 trips in an "economy" car to get the same number of people
> :::the same place; or have two cars with twice the manufacturing costs,
> :::space
> :::issues, cast off parts, etc...
> :::
> :::Those figures get even better if you're in a diesel pulling 27mpg.
> :::
> :::Chris
> :::
> :::
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> :::Of
> :::Joy Hecht
> :::Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:40 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
> :::
> :::Actually, I'd guess vanagons aren't on the list because if we thought
> :::they
> :::were that bad, we wouldn't have them!  And I'd hardly call an average of
> :::18-20 mpg decent gas mileage, unless your comparison is a hummer.
> :::
> :::Yeah, Wes, you are blinded by love.  But that's okay, we all are!
> :::
> :::
> :::
> :::Joy
>
>