Date:         Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:23:52 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jack Lowry <jack_lowry@cmsinc.com>
Subject:      RE:any eurovans out there?

I have had a 93 eurovan MV for about 1.5 years it currently has about =
41000 miles on it. I am very happy with the beast=20
Handling pep (up from the 91 wasserboxer) usefullness of the interrior.

My only gripes are that the realated to the fact that the car is not in =
currently avalible in the US.

Examples of this are the OEM Goodyears are hard to get (I amy rather =
happy with the tires and do not want to ruin something that seemes to =
work) and parts are at times a problem.

An example of parts problems is my EV is currently in the shop having =
the plumbing to the rear heat exchanger replaced.
One of the pipes developed a crack at a hose joint in  the engine =
compartment. The pipes cost $165 a pair and supposably require 8 hours =
to replace. The local dealer has had problems getting the pipes, and =
they determined that the first set was damaged about halfway through the =
installation.=20


>On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Moe Walters wrote:

>> Rick (RGOLEN@umassd.edu) says "it handles well" ????
>>=20
>> OK, we love our '93 MV, at c. 25,000 nothing major has failed =
although a
>> fair number of interior bits have fallen off (and been easily =
re-attached),
>> but it's really not a  GTI Rick...........the "design bogie" was the =
Ford
>> Transit.....

>EV handles well for a van but its not a sports car.  Handles far better =

>than any mini-van (tall stationwagon) I've ever driven.  Handles nearly =

>as well as my small truck even though its feet taller.  It handles VERY =

>well  as far as I'm concerned.  Okay my old Chrysler Conquest handled=20
>better, so?

>> Rick's right, the OEM tires aren't great. Ours will probably last =
another
>> 5K-7K, but traction (wet or dry) is not great.

>I love the Goodyears that came on mine.  Suckers don't slip wet dry or=20
>icy.  Don't know about the wear life.  Only some 24000 miles on the EV.

>> Rick under states the EV heating/cooling system: separate
>> blowers/exchangers/controls fore and aft, drive you out of the bus =
heat in
>> short order.....Surely Duane Moore up there in Alberta has "EV heater =
lust"
>> :)

>S\Drove the EV up to the Poconoes this weekend.  Roasty toasty!  No=20
>sliding on the ice and snow either.

>bill and diane killian
>zen and the art of ferrets


Jack Lowry=20
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