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Date:         Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:17:53 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         william killian <killian@gcr.com>
Subject:      Re: Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome.

On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, David Schwarze wrote:

> Mike White writes: > > > > Well, I was flipping through the channels last eveing, and as the > > station hit TNN (ACK) I saw the coolest ad for a motorhome. > > > > It looks like Winnebago has created a really slick motorhome with the > > Eurovan's front end on it. > > > > Has anyone seen or heard about this unit. If it runs the stock EV > > engine it has got to be >>WAY<< underpowered! > > > > Pretty cool though! > > Yup. It's called the Rialta, and it's a pig. Stock engine, horrible > ground clearance, unacceptably little interior space. But, it's > relatively cheap (not much more than the Westy) and has a really trick > slide-out bathroom thingie. Stop by your local RV dealer for a peek, I > did. :) > > -David > > David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) > Someone who drives a '73 bus thinks something ELSE is underpowered? has little interior space? I checked one out. I'm probably gonna buy one in a year or so. Okay so I might wait until the V6 engine is in it. BUT according to a guy who works at a VW dealer in Penn. the Rialta IS NOT stock VW. THe VW dealers can't work on them because Winnebago fiddles with them a bunch. They even supposedly have a turbo version. As happy as I am with the Eurovan and it PLENTY powerful engine I'm not too worried about the power. The EV power is pretty good at the low end but for a vehicle its size it is almost AMAZING at the high end - its the transmission not the engine that could lead one to think there is a lack of power.

Drove many years in a '72 bus - pretty close in 'power' to a '73 I'd imagine. Did they put a 1800 in the '73? not much more than a 1700...

bill killian '93 EV MV '73 Orange Thing '73 Yellow Thing


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