Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 21:36:39 -0400 (EDT)
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From: william killian <killian@gcr.com>
Subject: Re: Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome.
On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, David Schwarze wrote:
> Hmmm... the dealer where I saw the Rialta claimed that it had a stock
> motor, with 108 (I think) horsepower.
I'm going by what a VW guy told me. I don't know the 'truth' of the
matter - but I never believe salesmen at 'car' dealers.
> I didn't mean to imply that the Eurovan is underpowered, certainly not
> compared to my bus - driving 2,000 miles behind Pete Sellers in his
> Eurovan proved that to me (but when I get the 2.0 installed, then we'll
> see!). My gripes are specifically with the Rialta. With all the extra
> weight and (what I was led to believe was) the stock engine, I doubt I
> would be very far behind it up grades. The sewer drain pipe thing on
> the side was a mere 5 inches off the ground - liable to hit it on speed
> bumps! The advertise it as having over 6 feet of headroom inside, but
> that is only in the entrance way - a small area about 3 feet square.
> The rest of the camper has about 5'9" headroom, and I can't even come
> close to standing upright in it.
I'm gonna have to check closer. The number of calls I get from the Winne
dealer lead me to believe it hasn't been a real good seller for him.
Good thing I'm a little guy. 5'9" gives me easy head room. I haven't
driven the Rialta yet but I really didn't see the box as cramped at all.
I suspect that your having to be hunched might have made it seem smaller
in all ways. I and my whole family was bouncing around in one at the
dealer lot and saw it as plenty roomy. Darned near palatial compared to
the Westy I grew up in.
I still haven't met Pete and he only lives a few miles from me. I'm gonna
have to fix that.
> Again, I wasn't trying to slam the Eurovan - just giving my impression
> of the Rialta conversion. Sorry if I offended anyone.
Not really offended. Yours didn't sound like the completely clueless
complaints I've heard about the EV.
bill killian
'93 EV MV
'73 Orange Thing His
'73 Yellow Thing Hers