Hi Joy,

I have a family of 5, and our other vehicles are a 4-seater Rabbit
Convertible and a 500cc Honda motorcycle.

If there are only 1 or two people going somewhere, I try to take the
bike as often as possible. If 3 or 4 are going somewhere, then we
take the rabbit. If more than 4, or if cargo is involved, we take the
van. That seems reasonable to me. In bad weather I am sometimes
"forced" to drive my bus solo, but when I can use something smaller I
do.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 9-Sep-07, at 11:08 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> 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