He was probably looking at  a EV MV Weekender rather than an EVC, which is longer.
There is less room in the back in the same area compared to  a Vanagon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay L Snyder" <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima

> The front 3 feet is all motor!
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> Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 03/07/2002
> 01:22:01 PM
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> Please respond to Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
>
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> To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Subject:    Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
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> 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
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>
>
>
> > -----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
> >