Date:         Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:36:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Subaru owner's answer to the Westfalia - NVC
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Pretty refreshing shape and use of colors,
> sexy even.  I'll give 'em serious points for 'design.'
>
> 'if' one can't have it all in one self-contained vehicle, that is.
>
> The basic concept of the VW Bus/Vanagon has not be surpassed yet.
> I can't think of any vehicle that will do everything a vanagon can.
>

  I second that...
.Over the past few weeks I have been scrambling around doing small carpentry
jobs to attempt 're-supply' my stash of "Fun-Ticket$" (or at least try to
slow the decline in my net worth) before we head south for a spell.

   So I get these dorky little jobs where I never really know what tools I
will need, or once I show and finish, the homowner finds  a "Hey, while I
have you here, can you just take a quick look at my ______?"  So I have had
two full tool chests, a big day box, clamps ladders on top, saw horses cords
lumber etc ect....all living in my van....And of course my bicycle and all
that equipment...that has to be with me in case I finish up early and I have
time for a ride....And then there are windy days predicted, too...so I shove
a sailboard in on top and about 4 sails, masts,, wetsuits, etc...And my
dogs, of course.

  What other vehicle would still be workable with all that crap
aboard?...Yeah, I gotta take the sailboard gear out to get to the
tools....And changing into my lycra with sawdust and empty lunch sacks
littering isn't as nice as when the van is clean....But, it's all there, it
works, and I still get about 22mpg if I don't go over about 65 for long.