Because outside of vanagons, minivans suck.

Don't like them, never liked them, never gonna like them. Everytime I've
driven them, I am always glad to be rid of them. I feel like I'm driving the
livingroom couch. (With a couple of armchairs thrown in).

Eliminate minivans, and what's left to do what I need to do?

Exploders - Blazers - Cherokees.

tim in san jose

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: small car VW engine conversion

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
>
> > Yet I still drive a 2
> > door exploder not to be isolated from the road, but to have enough room
to
> > haul two kids, a SO, and two large dogs.
>
> I don't mean this to sound sarcastic, but how is an Explorer an
> improvement over a minivan, which would have a lower load floor, a lower
> center of gravity, and more interior space?
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>