Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:56:24 +0000
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         tjparker@pacificnet.net (Tim Parker)
Subject:      Re: EV Panel Van and Value

At 11:41 AM 2/6/96, William Alan Killian wrote:
> > > We couldn't be happier with our MV.
> >
> > I was looking for an MV Weekender when I bought my GL.  VW's 800 number was
> > great at locating all the new EVs in the US.  Took them about a week to do
> > it.  Turned out that there were only 2 MV weekenders left, in Hawaii, and
> > they were both automatics, so I bought the GL.
>
> No MV non-weekenders?

Not when I was looking.  Only one they found within the LA basin was my GL.
Others were available in surrounding areas, but all were automatics.

> The camper is based on an extended length EV/T4, could that help explain
> it?  Extra reinforcements on the bottom to allow the roof to be cut open?

I guess, but 6K above a standard-length van???


> Thought it was protectionist tariffs and laws...

I suppose it is, but then I've managed to avoid driving one for 27 years...

Regards, troops.
-Tim Parker