In a message dated 12/31/00 7:56:26 PM, Roq8cyans@AOL.COM writes:

<< I'm holding out for VW to build a "New Bus", based on the Vanagon platform
. . .  IMHO, it'd revive the entire
market for minivans.  With the 4Motion AWD system added, it'd probably kill
off the SUV craze too...

Rusty J. >>

Rusty,

Don't hold your breath.  I find myself associating with a lot of Soccer
Mom/Pop types among whom the Suburban is de rigueur.  Although I notice them
discretely checking out the capacious interior of the Vanagon whenever they
come to talk to me while I am in it, none of them has ever stooped so low as
to display enough curiosity about a Vanagon to ask me anything about it.  I
assume whenever one has a bunch of kids crawling all over themselves to get
into a Lexus SUV or Suburban, there is no time to indulge native curiosity.

Rich