The road clearance issue I'm familiar with. That's how our '93 Eurovan was put out of its misery. That's a story for another day though (stranded in the the desert, block repairs with gum and candy, etc.) But its death was well-deserved. The $1300 vanagon that replaced it on the spot thousands of miles from home was a much better vehicle from a reliability standpoint. (And this was 10 years ago, the Eurovan wasn't even all that old.) Our other option at the time was a junkyard engine replacement. I'm so glad we went with the vanagon. The Eurovan is more modern, probably significantly safer, certainly quieter. But I think gowesty is wrong about reliability, at least with the early years of them. Of course, anecdotes are mostly worthless. But I've heard the same thing from other people.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:36 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Friends in Thousand Oaks have a Eurovan Weekender. Seems more like a > mini-van than a true camper to me. And it does not have as much road > clearance as does the Vanagon, so not so good on back roads. But I know > nothing about reliability. GoWesty says if your preference is for a > vehicle that is more modern and is more reliable, you should choose the > Eurovan over the Vanagon. > |
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