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Subject:Re: Friday: So, where's the Westfalia version of this thing, komrade?
From:David Bohannan
Date:Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:51 -0400

I'm not sure this was designed for anything other than maybe a short distance runaround...

I do love the modular externalities however and have wondered for years why someone else hadn't designed a shell with multi purpose components!?

Dave

> On May 13, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Water, microwave, top bunk. It could be a nice way to travel for very
> casual camping.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:33 AM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> A camper version would be really confined, methinks.  Bed up top?  Or two
>> narrow beds along the sides, with some sort of fold up system?  No kitchen,
>> but a built in ice chest under a seat perhaps.  I don't see a vehicle this
>> small being converted to a full camper.
>> 
>> So far as the comment on the web site suggesting the luggage (or whatever
>> is being carried) flying around in sharp turns (or more seriously, in an
>> accident), provision could be made for latching it down.  Most hatch backs
>> don't really provide for cargo security, and whether they should or not,
>> lots of people haul loose cargo in people space in sedans.  Many people
>> probably haul things in Vanagons (or other vans) without securing it.  Not
>> wise, perhaps, but it is done.
>> 
>>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.gizmag.com/mirrow-provocator-city-car/43303/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=dbcf8943f0-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-dbcf8943f0-92378833
>>> 
>>> Jim
>> 
>>