> >I know its only Tuesday, but I think the Honda Element is the
> >closest
>>current version of a practical/utilitarian vehicle that VW
>>originally
>>marketed but since has forgotten about.
>
> Click and Clack said the Element is the spiritual successor to the
> Vanagon.

well ... in my humble opinion, having owned and driven both vehicles
for some time,
Click and Clack don't know their successors from a hole in the
ground!!
just another bit of evidence that they don't know Jack about Vanagons!

the element is a tiny little thing INside, max payload (in the owners
book) is 675lbs.
yes,that's correct. not even 700 lbs.
they claim you can sleep inside. we'll see. i KNOW you can sleep
comfortably inside
even a GL or Kombi vanagon. plenty of room for stretching out and
piling all your stuff around on the floor.
i'm still trying to figure where i'll put the stuff when i flatten the
seats in the element.

so i don't think they are anywhere even close, either in
successor-ship or
spiritual nature.
they are about as closely related as a turtle (the vanagon) and a
salamander (the element).
yes, they have four legs each.
yes, they have two eyes each.
yes, they have a head at one end and a tail at the other end.
yes, they are both amphibeans.
and that's about it.

unca joel
91 carat
91 gl
05 element
98 ryobi weedeater :)
hey, it's friday fer me!!! ;)