You'e right, it doesn't cost $8.00 a gallon. It costs more like $12.00 a
gallon once you figure out how much of your income tax goes to getting the
oil to our shores. That can't be all of the story, there has to be a market
for these convenient, well-thought-out things.

Jim

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Two reasons: Gas doesn't cost $8/gallon here, and few American's will pay
> $100k for these when they can get a used motorhome three times the size for
> half the price. It's why we keep putting money into our Vanagons.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: VW Camper Conversion Showdown
>
> Why oh why aren't these offered in the US!!!?
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIUwrCRNj3M
>
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>