Okay, how many people on this list only drive their van with 6-7 people in
it?  I've met a fair number who regularly travel with two, a few who
regularly travel with four. Never met anyone traveling with 6 or 7, not even
Greg Potts who might have a record on filling a van with teen-agers to take
them to campouts!  A lot of families show up at camp-outs with more than one
van, too.  So even if they could travel with four, in fact they don't.

Cats and dogs don't count. :-)

Joy

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: geiserfam@sprintpcs.com [mailto:geiserfam@sprintpcs.com]
:::Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:21 PM
:::To: 'Joy Hecht'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: RE: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
:::
:::18-20 is great mpg if you're utilizing the capacity of 6-7 people: you'd
:::have to make 2 trips in an "economy" car to get the same number of people
:::the same place; or have two cars with twice the manufacturing costs,
:::space
:::issues, cast off parts, etc...
:::
:::Those figures get even better if you're in a diesel pulling 27mpg.
:::
:::Chris
:::
:::
:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of
:::Joy Hecht
:::Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:40 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
:::
:::Actually, I'd guess vanagons aren't on the list because if we thought
:::they
:::were that bad, we wouldn't have them!  And I'd hardly call an average of
:::18-20 mpg decent gas mileage, unless your comparison is a hummer.
:::
:::Yeah, Wes, you are blinded by love.  But that's okay, we all are!
:::
:::
:::
:::Joy