On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Cetin Seren wrote:

> I drove the EV to work last week, and we decided to go out to lunch.
> Naturally,  I took this opportunity to show off the EV (which I had recently
> cleaned after the shame I felt at the Philly gathering :-),  It turned out
> I had a total of seven people and their weights averaged about 190 pounds.
> 
> I noticed that the EV's ride  actually felt a lot cushier and I was not feeling
> the cigarette butts that I drive over anymore....  The engine did not even
> seem to notice the weight...
> 
> Cetin
> 
> 
> RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes:
>  > 
>  > Didja ever notice how EuroVans (and I'm sure other VW vans) seem
>  > to run "happy" when its hauling the family and out on the
>  > highway? Mine does!
>  > 
>  > Ric

Yup.  The other weekend we had the wife and I, the 14 and 12 year old 
daughters, the 5 month old son, 6 40 lb. bags of wood pellets, 4 20 olb 
bags of cat food, 50 lbs of dog food, (we breed ferrets - ferret litter 
and food) and a whole mess of other stuff in the EV.  It was quite hot so 
we ran both A/Cs.  The van was quite 'happy'.  Don't want to hear 
anything about 'underpowered' Eurovans.

Checked with a VW dealer about a hitch for the EV.  Rated at 3500 lbs. 
costing $178 - gonna check for none VW parts but that hitch may be the 
next addition to the EV.  Might be able to 'tow' both Things with that - 
not that I expect that to be legal... :)

bill killian