Go ahead and get the Sienna. You can tow it behind the new motor home you'll
need to tow it with..
Then you'll have to join the Good Sam Club and buy a Trendwest membership.

Personnally I wouldn't want to drive a non-power steering  Vanagon so I put
the Golf engine in, power steering and AC in my '82 Westfalia. Daily driver,
though I don't drive daily. Drives like a '91.

The leap to these features except the engine/AC is only one year from 83 -
84 was the first year of PS-
it sure saved me a bundle to upgrade the Westy since there is not a
comparable product except for the Eurovan Winnabagel.

I love what my Westfalia does for me now.
Oh what a feeling..

Robert K

1982 Westfalia
1986 Westfalia
1991 Syncro

----Original Message Follows----
From: Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO>
Reply-To: Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: third vehicle
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:00:15 -0700

I would love to get a converted nissan, toyota, or honda van and have
all the stuff that is in a Westy.  Is there any company doing this?  I
am checking out the Toyota Sienna 4 wheel drive XLE.  nice....  but
where's the kitchen sink and the 2 double beds?

milford wrote:

>I've recently put my wife's westfalia  into semi retirement. It remains
>insured for trips but won't see daily duty.  I bought a nissan multi, it
>seems to have many of the vanagon features, in a compact fuel miser .
>Sliding door(dual), tall ride, boxy styling, a very well thought out
>vehicle. If you're thinking of a third vehicle, this car would help with
>the vanagon withdrawals.  So far I have hauled a sofa to the dump, trucked
>home a few loads of soil and ran many an errant.  I'm very pleased and
>would recommend to others. That being said I have to say parts are a bit
>scarce and require some skill in acquiring, but that's the norm right?
>
>

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'83 Westy Watercooled
'77 Bus Camper
Living near San Francisco Airport
Working in Palo Alto, CA

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