The Vanagon does make a great mobile "office".  You can move around inside
one.  I get envious looks from the minivan crowd and the SUV set when I take
my low top vanagon to bike races, where I change inside, eat lunch, take a
nap,  whatever.  You can't really do that so well in a normal minivan.
  Don Hanson

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Mark Hineline <hineline@helix.ucsd.edu>wrote:

> About the need for a "daily driver:" I've already taken care of that.
> It takes about 20 minutes to walk to my office (at the U of
> California, San Diego), and the path takes me through Whole Foods,
> where I grab a banana. If I don't feel like walking, a free shuttle
> comes by every 8 minutes.
>
> So the Vanagon, if it's to be a Vanagon, and that's how it's looking,
> is for camping, picnicking, and a mobile office. It doesn't have to
> daily drive.
>
> Mark
>