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Subject:Re: EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
From:William Alan Killian
Date:Sun, 7 Jan 1996 14:32:08 -0500 (EST)

Hi Dan.  Sorry the Winnie folks don;'t seem to have done a good job.  The 
EV is an outstanding vehicle.  Easily worth the Transporter name living 
up to its predecessors.  Winnie might not live up to the Westie though.

> There seems to be no provision for rear heating
> whatsoever - no dual controls, no vent as described
> by you.  In my 1988 Westy, not only was there a
> core in the box under the rear seat, but there
> was a duct running in the housing where the sliding
> door ran, with head level outlets.  There is no
> equivalent in the EV-Winne.

EV itself doesn;t have more than the one duct.  Has nevr been inadequate 
(well the first few minutes are darned cold - but thats true of all 
vehicles isn;t it)

> There is A/C.  Can't wait for the hot, humid weather
> to find that it only reaches the front seats!

Hope they didn't mess that up too badly.

> P.S.  The frugality shows in a few other things - the
> cabin lights lack the "courtesy delay" and other rather
> trivial stuff.

EV only has delay in the front nothing in the rear on delay.  Does the 
Winnie lack that?!

Maybe Westfalia can get the contract back sometime.

bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets