Hey, drive whatever you want to drive for whatever reasons.

If you're trying to be logical, the orginal literature for the Vanagon
listed interior room as being 201 sq ft. Guess what? The short wheelbase
Eurovan has 201 sq ft according to the latest literature.

I like the Eurovan. I drag race motorcycles and it gets used extensively for
driving long distances to the tracks towing a 1 ton trailer and all kinds of
people and crap on the inside. I can still use it to commute becase the
thing gets 20 mpg in mixed city driving. None of my old Westy vans ever got
20 mpg on the open road. Ever. On the open road at speeds more appropriate
to modern driving (80-85 mph) I still get 23 mpg.

Seat 7, sleep 4, get decent mileage, tow a reasonable size trailer, and
provide a safe, reliable, comfortable trip to work or halfway across the
country. I've had this thing less than a year and I've got 20k miles on it.
It's the first car I've really *liked* since I bought the 78 Westy back in
82.

Az
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