Yeah, that is a little surprising given that they appear to be much more
aerodynamic than our rolling boxes-that-the-car-came-in, not to mention that
they have better sound deadening.

I would guess that he's got noisy tires. That's where most of my noise used
to come from.

On 11/27/06, joe trussell <vanagongl@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com