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Subject:Re: 5 cyl Vanagon
From:Smith Woody
Date:Mon, 12 Jun 95 09:07:00 edt

Bill Killian wrote:

>> I want a 5-cyl engine! From an Ur Quattro! I'm going to stop breathing
>> until someone give me one!
>
>Buy a EuroVan ;)  We already got that engine....

Bill , have you ever driven a Eurovan?

I have.  God, I HATED it!  That 5-cylinder engine right up front there 
really growls in your ears so loudly it's hard to have a conversation.  The 
one I drove, a Winnebago conversion, didn't feel any quicker, any more 
responsive or any nimbler than my '86 Westie.  But it sure was LOUD!

I'm VERY disappointed.  My Westie is getting (how shall I say?) a bit long 
in the tooth now.  I like a QUIET car, and the Vanagon is one.  The Eurovan 
is decidedly not.

Woody Smith
woody@osfms1.hq.nasa.gov