He also said something else I found interesting--he said that the overall
road noise in his Eurovan was about the same as my Vanagon.  I was surprised
to hear that.

>From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Vanagon-Eurovan Thanksgiving Goodwill
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:19:54 -0800
>
>That's not fair Joe!
>
>Of course the poor man agreed to convert: he was trapped in a speeding van
>with a zealot and would have agreed to anything at that point.    :-)
>
>Having driven two conversions I am looking forward to doing my own and I'm
>also guilty of enthusiastically spreading the gospel according to Subaru.
>
>
>
>On 11/27/06, joe trussell <vanagongl@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>A friend of mine called on Saturday night and said he and his wife and two
>>kids were stranded in Stratton, CO (near the Kansas border) after losing
>>the
>>V-belt on their '93 Eurovan Weekender en route from Kansas City.
>>
>>They had the Eurovan towed back to Denver by AAA, who incidentally refused
>>to transport he and his family, and got a motel in Stratton.
>>
>>I took off early yesterday morning from Denver and headed out on the
>>plains
>>in my Vanagon to pick them up.  I had a great trip out; I've done a lot of
>>mountain driving since the Subaru 2.2 conversion but hadn't done much
>>flat-out highway driving.  I stayed around 70-75 MPH @ 4000-4100 RPM and
>>got
>>around 22 MPG for the 150 miles out there.
>>
>>They were happy to see me--I picked up my buddy and his family and all of
>>their luggage, gifts, baby stuff, etc. and started back.  My buddy was
>>telling me all about what a rough night they'd had the night before, costs
>>involved, etc. as I took the onramp to the Interstate.
>>
>>He then stopped in mid-sentence and said, "whoa--how fast are we going?
>>This thing is like a rocket!"  He turned to his wife "honey, did you feel
>>that?  We're already going 70!"
>>
>>Anyway, I got him and his family back to Golden by noon.  And after the
>>ride
>>and the conversation about his Eurovan and my Vanagon, he was dead set on
>>a
>>Subaru-converted Vanagon when we arrived....
>>
>>Joe T.
>>
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>
>
>
>--
>Jake
>1984 Vanagon GL
>1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>www.crescentbeachguitar.com

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