Reply to: RE: Clever! was: Check out this Westy
Volks,
I for one am quite content =
with our Westy. However, 15 years down =
the road when I hope to really get serious =
about this travel thing, my Westy is gonna =
be a little long in the tooth (as will I!) =
and I'll be tiring of crawling underneath =
it somewhere on I-80.
The things =
that do appeal with the GTRV over the Sportsmobile =
is the overall layout. Compare the window =
size and amount: especially over the galley. =
The sportsmobile layouts hardly give any =
view from behind the driver because of the =
cabinets. Entry into the side doors looks =
much less encumbered on the GRTV. Compare =
the rear passenger proximity: on some of =
the Sportsmobile layouts the cabinetry hides =
the driver in his own little cubicle and =
would make communication nye on impossible =
with rear passengers. The bed on the GRTV =
definitely looks larger than the Sportsmobile =
and for someone who's 6'4" thats a =
serious consideration. Because my wife suffers =
from MS, the air conditioning option is =
a definite plus.
No clue on the quality =
of finish but can it be any worse than a =
Eurobago? (Not wanting to bash Winnebago, =
as it is an Iowa company, but its no where =
in the same league with my Westy!)
Basically, =
GRTV ripped off the best features of our =
Westys, and then added to it. That to me =
is a bit disgusting but so is the fact that =
VW seems to be kissing us all off. I prefer =
the VW soul but if they don't do something =
to improve on the Eurobago I doubt it will =
seem as interesting to me in my golden years.
My =
2¢, and that's before taxes.....
Jim in Iowa
91 =
Passat Wagon GL
89 Westy
66 Beetle
Bulley wrote:
>Now before everyone =
goes stomping on this GTRV thing, has anyone =
driven one
>or owned one? I think it =
looks pretty clever. Everytime I see a big =
Ford
>Econoline van, I think about =
the unique possibilities in what this company
>has =
achieved.
>
>Granted, I LOVE our =
VW Westy, and this Econoline thing could =
never replace
>it. But GTRV seems to =
have cured many of the ills of the VW without =
being
>substantially horrible. I would =
like to see how well engineered/quality =
of
>fit and finish before I drew hasty =
conclusions. The base van, the ford
>Econoline =
is rugged and solidly built. It looks like =
the designers of the
>camping gear =
did a good job of designing as a small yacht, =
ala Westfalia,
>rather than as a small =
house, ala Win-or-beg-o. Except that tacky =
apartment
>style kitchen faucet and =
the stupid microwave...what's up with that?
>
>If =
it is built as durably as our Westy, and =
costs in the "high $30's" as
>advertised, =
I wouldn't be so quick to blow it off.
>
>Please =
issue receipts for $.02.
>
>G. =
Matthew Bulley
>Director
>Bulley-Hewlett =
& Associates
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>Cary, =
NC USA
>888.468.4880 tollfree
>
>
>-----Original =
Message-----
>From: Steve@Schwenk-Law.com [SMTP:Steve@Schwenk-Law.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August =
17, 1999 2:12 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: =
Re: Fwd: Check out this Westy
>
>Obviously, =
there are not 30 years of engineering tied
>up =
in that thing like with the real westies...just
>baltant =
copying of the concept. they got the concept,
>but =
missed the soul. that van has no soul. =
mine has
>lots! So does yours, of =
course.
>
>Scott Davis wrote:
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Subject: Re: Check out this Westy
>> =
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:42:30 EDT
>> =
From: OuiSki1@=
aol.com
>> To: wjohnson@TCSN.NET<=
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In a message dated 8/16/99 9:19:28 PM Eastern =
Daylight Time,
>> wjohnson@TCSN.NET writes:
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<< http://=
www.gtrv.com/ >>
>> I =
dunno, Wes, maybe it's just me, but somehow =
drivin around in a
>fancied-up
>> =
Econoline just doesn't seem enough like =
"fahrfegnugen" to make the
>switch!
>>
>> =
S.Davis