Date:         Tue, 19 May 2009 10:01:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
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Absolutely!  The ability of Vanagons to go where no motor homes dare to
go..That is the best.

  If you are forced into close proximity to a motor home herd you had better
have a motor home your ownself.  Then you can go inside and shut out the
other motor homes...

  I especially find my Vanagon's (2wd) manuerverability to be very useful..I
have no qualms about turning into an unknown dirt track in the forest,
knowing that I'll rarely find myself unable to turn around or even back out,
if I have to.  Not something most other camp vehicles can do with ease..

  Don Hanson

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:

> ... AND ... you wouldn't believe some of the places Richard and I found
> ourselves in after expending that mileage, last week .... to do the "stove
> to cook dinner on, a sink to wash the dishes, a nice bed for the night, and
> mini ice cubes for you cocktail?"
> Albeit the Syncro's made those places possible, that's not the topic here,
> it's Vanagon's and their mileage ... to say nothing of the expansive
> vista's
> and great company. It's quiet out there with no RV generators to offer up
> their noise pollution. Dirt road driving in 2nd and 3rd gears doesn't give
> you great mileage .... but does give you so many other things it's easy to
> forgive the mileage.
>
> bob
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > > This site lists a standard Vanagon at 16 city, 18 highway, 17 combined.
> > SO
> > > my 'issue' is a non issue :-) I guess I'm too used to my Honda Civic
> :-)
> >
> > But when you got "there" in your high milage Civic, did you have
> > a stove to cook dinner on, a sink to wash the dishes, a nice
> > bed for the night, and mini ice cubes for you cocktail?  ;-)
> >
> > Richard
> >
>