Date:         Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:29:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      Subject: Re: Vanagon vs Element..from digest mode..
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Date:    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:56:46 -0600
From:    miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
I test drove the Element and even laid out all the seats into sleeping
mode.......result : that bed had more lumps on it than Michael Spinks
and the driving experience was anemic handling, anemic engine. I ran
away as fast as I could........horrible, horrible!!
I can't believe this comparison is even taking place. Please, List
Moderator, can we add a new criteria (such as sacrilege) for postings
deserving of a spanking?
Oh, the horror, the horror.........

Gracias,
                    Miguel
  Sorry for the unfortunate choice of a subject, Miguel..There is no
contest..
  I meant to show that a friend who sold a Westie and now has an Element
also found the Element to be not favorably comparable to her old Bay window,
even.    There was no contest, in her mind...she looked, that whole week we
spent camping together, with great longing at our Vanagon in all it's
turd-brown splendor and lusted after it...She also mentioned her Element got
crappy mileage and she sometimes couldn't tell which one was hers if she
went to a large parking area...Pretty generic vehicles, especially in areas
of hip well-off oldsters like Jackson Hole.
  Now, the Aztec...I actually priced those at one time, thinking something
soo ugly couldn't be worth much to anybody...but they may be developing a
cult following...maybe like an Edsel or something... because they are pretty
overpriced around Oregon and Washington at least..
  Don Hanson