Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:40:07 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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Can any of these vehicles be imported?  They look much like the Eurovan.  Interestingly though, they have the more sensible 4 cylinder engine (and one of the ads mentions 40 mpg -- what's that about, are they advertising to the USA, even though not selling here?). Do they have the undercarriage clearance of a Vanagon, or is it a bit less, like the Eurovan?  DMc

---- Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Actually there are MANY vans 'out there' that compare with the vanagon.
> Hyundai, Toyota, Mercedes (and others) make a cab-forward design like the
> vanagon, BUT they are all front engine, so there is no walk through feature and
> for that reason they are not so popular with the camping crowd.
>
>
> There are also NEW ( = modern) mini-van styles that are popular (again VW,
> Hyundai, Toyota, Mercedes), BUT the 'dancefloor' is shorter & one needs to buy
> the stretch version to get the same 'dance-floor' of the vanagon.  These are
> very popular with the European camping crowd. For example:
> http://www.bilbos.com/range/vw-celex/  Some are 4wd also.
>
> AFAIK, These all exist internationally EXCEPT in the USA/CDA, as I understand
> it, due mainly to int'l trade wars.   m
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
>
> I so wish that some kind of
> Vanagon equivalent was still being made so that I could own a newer one that
> wouldn't take so much special care to maintain. There is just nothing else
> out there compares to waking up in the bush while enclosed in your tiny,
> perfect Vanagon.

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David McNeely