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Gee, after Tim Smith savaged my new EV Winnebago, (see
clipping below), am I allowed to boast that I can check
the propane level automatically from the LED panel?
(Presumably while making coffee at 100 kph on cruise
control?)

On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 11:42:46 -0500 Kirk van Druten wrote:

> Westie Propane Gauge?
> Has anyone figured out a good gauge system for determining 
how much propane is in the tank?
> 

Tim Smith wrote:

>Spent 20 minutes going over a Eurovan/Winebag Westy.  Too 
>much plastic, way
>too much, reminded me of an airplane, little storage 
>bins/lockers etc.
>Storage space sucked, same good rear corner locker, but 
>under bench about 8"
>deep and not full width, rear area taken up by battery(s) 
>and furnace
>(Suburban brand, propane), small suitcase cubby hole 16" 
>wide in middle.
>Rear mattress pad was say 1.5" thick, groan.  They get 
>thinner every model
>change, loafs 4-5", vanagon 3-4", eurvan 1-2", (sorry 
>splitties, never owned
>one, yet!)
>         Nice fridge, Norcold, big! At least the door was, 
>I couldn't open
>it, or much of the kitchen since the double middle seat was 
>firmly against
>it.  There is NO WAY anyone even mildly portly is getting 
>into the rear
>bench with that sucker in either.  Had H2O/grey water 
>tanks. There is no
>rear window on drivers side, badly claustrophobic (fear of 
>santas) once I
>had wedged myself into the back seat, shedding donut crumbs 
>and grunting.
>Surrounded by a uniform haze of muted gray colours, in 
>pebble textured
>plastic, natch. A Prozac experience?  And the curtains... 
>plastic accordian
>pulldowns, this van badly needs some wood/cloth trim, mind 
>you baby puke
>will wipe off easily.
>         So, what did I like about it?  Well it's no 
>Vanagon, felt cramped
>overall, but the big triangular side windows in the pop-top 
>are back!  Yes,
>that's all folks, liked the side windows, miss'em in my 
>vanagon.  $38K-Cdn
>base, $42K as equipped, Oh, plus 18.7% taxes, let's call it 
>$50 grand.  The
>regional rep wasn't happy when I said I could buy 4 
>excellent used Westy
>vanagons for that money and never need to buy another VW in 
>my life.

Daniel R. Herbert
dan.herbert@utoronto.ca

1995 EV-Winnebago

"Don't take life so seriously.
You aren't going to get out of it alive anyway."

Hanlon's Razor:  "Never attribute to malice that 
which is adequately explained by stupidity" 
Daniel R. Herbert
dan.herbert@utoronto.ca

1995 EV-Winnebago

"Don't take life so seriously.
You aren't going to get out of it alive anyway."

Hanlon's Razor:  "Never attribute to malice that 
which is adequately explained by stupidity" 

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