Date:         Thu, 21 Dec 1995 15:15:36 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         William Alan Killian <killian@qnet.com>
Subject:      Re: EV's are amazing.

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995 SAMAR1968@aol.com wrote:

> I was plodding around in the EV/MV the other day looking for a way to store 7
> pairs of ski's on an upcoming voyage.  Much to my surprise the facia that
> covers the area underneath the rear seat is held in place with clips allowing
> easy removal without breakage.
> 
> Now I can stuff the ski's in from the rear and they will stick out into the
> rear passenger compartment.  
> 
> Now I just need to find somewhere for my Canoe and Mt. Bikes.

VW seems to have a thing for skis.  The Jettas came with a fancy trunk 
bag thing that allowed you to slide your skis into a bag that slid into 
the passenger compartment.  Only VW (okay maybe some others do at as 
well) allow you to put five foot objects into a three foot space.  I know 
about this because my brother uses the same thing for his fancy stunt 
kites.  Even the 'cheaper' models without the bag have the slot inthe 
rear seat.

Canoe?  Gonna have to be roof mount I guess.
Bikes?  The thing some here have said about the hitch mount bike rack 
sounds interesting to me.  I have a receiver hitch on my EV that could 
hold one of these racks.  I have few enough kids that I can take out the 
jump seats to give plenty of room on the inside for bikes and such.

I've amazed people at ferret shows by homw many cages I can slide into my EV.

bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets