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Subject:Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
From:Sean Garrett
Date:Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:22:01 -0700

The Eurovan is a good 2 ft longer than the Vanagon, how can all you complain
about the "space" factor ???

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: developtrust [mailto:developtrust@COX.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
>
>
> > I was kind of surprised how much tougher it was to
> > raise the top with the racks on, but it's not that bad.
> Forget about
> those
> > racks that you have to pull off to raise the top - what a
> pain in the A !
>
> Well, I looked at the new Eurovan again today while servicing
> my van for a
> new oil pump. No way would I trade the convenience of a
> Vanagon for that
> cramped space Eurovan. What a lousy design.
>
> BUT, the Eurovan pop top has struts. I'll bet you can buy
> Eurovan struts (or
> generic struts and put them on your pop top to help you with
> your extra
> weight.
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>