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Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:32:10 -0400
Reply-To:     "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW's 'new' van
Comments: To: B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4ECCAF977F8C4D44835399D6A6DECA03@cspfr2>
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Don't forget the Road Trek made by our Canadian friends: http://roadtrek.com/default.aspx

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:03 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> >> Do I hear sarcasm? I think its a valid point to question the idea of > using a too small vehicle just for the sake of it being a vw. << > > > > But there is no other van to use other than a full size commercial Ford or > Chevy. The only "van" available in this country is the "mini-van" which is > really only a station wagon as far as I'm concerned. Westfalia does a > pretty nice job of converting small van "like: vehicles in Europe. People > associate Westfalia with VW. I really don't think a Ford Westfalia is going > to take off. > > > > > > >> precisely not, as I specifically adressed that one. It was a MWB with a > hightroof and bath etc. I am talking about a short sprinter with a vanagon > camper like interior, just a little bigger. > more like this, but of decent quality: http://www.rvwheellife.com/?p=177<< > > > > But it's just going to be another $80K vehicle that nobody is going to buy. > > > > > Nobody wants Westfalia to start building vans here more than me but we have > to realize that VW, Westfalia, etc. are businesses out to make money. Not > make cool stuff most of us can only dream of owning because they are so > expensive. As far as I'm concerned the only way Westfalia will survive here > is to build inexpensive conversions in addition to higher end ones. If > bought a new VW camper it would be for a daily driver and need to be pretty > low priced just like the Westfalia of the 60's. I can't afford a $50K > camper > to sit in my driveway to use just for camping and judging by the economy > today there ain't going to be a whole lot of people that can. > > > > > > >> more like this, but of decent quality: > http://www.rvwheellife.com/?p=177 > << > > > > From what I'm told Sportsmobile does a pretty decent camper conversion. > > > > Bryan >

-- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com


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