Love the comment on getting used to parking it.  Shortly after I got my
vanagon I had to go give my daughter a lift when her jeep broke down.  She
thought I was about to slam into the side of a building when I parked it.
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On 9/26/04 6:58 PM, "Julia Schrenkler" <ckjas@MN.RR.COM> wrote:

> We use a bungee spider-type net sold for motorcycle cargo from a cycle shop -
> the type you see
> holding down strangely lumpy duffel bags and a sleeping bag against sissy bars
> on touring cycles.
> If memory serves it was listed as a size 10 or 10 inch.  Sounds small, but
> without cargo it
> stretches exactly across the luggage rack space without undue flapping and
> with a duffel bag (or
> bags) it draws quite tight and holds securely. You can't really see the net
> here, but this gives you
> an idea of the odd size of the bag it can handle and then some:
> 
> http://jschrenkler.typepad.com/photos/ten_days_in_aught_four/img_1319.html
> 
> The bag has 2 folding chairs and some fire tools in it, so it has some hard
> shaking cargo. If it had
> two more hooks it would be perfect, but we're able to adjust it.  When not in
> the luggage rack, it
> fits in a larger size zipping plastic bag without getting tangled.
> 
> -Julia
> http://www.wanderwagen.com/
> 
>