Moderator Comment:

Let's please hold discussions on this topic until Friday. I can
compare my Vanagon to my dishwasher and consider it (the dishwasher) a
possible replacement for my Vanagon. Does that qualify as Vanagon
content? Most will say no. Friday is only four days away. Thank you
for your anticipated cooperation.

BenT
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On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>  No real Vanagon content...I parked my Vanagon next to one of those
> new
> small Ford Transit vans today at my local Ford dealers.  Just had to
> stop
> and take a gander at it, thinking it might be 'the new Vanagon' of the
> 2000s..Nope.  Really short in the cargo area.  I doubt I could even
> lie down
> in the rear of one.  About the same height as my 84 non-westie but
> much less
> ground clearance.  Similar wheelbase.  Has double rear doors on the
> back so
> you can walk right inside from the rear.  Sliding door on one side
> of the
> one I saw.  This one had lots of boxes built in back with drawers,
> etc. and
> a lockable cage structure to isolate the front from the rear.  The
> sticker
> price was $25k.  EPA miles per was est.25.  It was all locked up so
> I didn't
> look too close at the interior..
>  somewhat off the vanagon topic, but I think others may have had a
> similar
> thought about "hmmmm, a "new" Vanagon?"....Not really...more like a
> better
> Honda Element...
>  Don Hanson