Leo criticized Mike for not taking his Vanagon on a trip and renting a Mini-shitbox.... Leo, let me come to Mike's defense....I had a choice to rent a mini-shitbox or a T4 Caravelle GL (the 9 passenger version of the EuroVan) while I was in France in Jan 94. Yep, the T4 had only the 4 cylinder... and boy it sure made easy work of the Alps in France, Italy and Switzerland! We drove circles round the mini-shitboxes, which incidentally are sold in Europe, as well as available for mindless american-need-an automatic-transmission-dweebs! Ric
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