I just went and looked at a new '99 VW winnie conversion van this afternoon
and.... I almost passed out when I saw the $36,000.00 price tag!  And that
does NOT include destination and dealer prep! There was much less room in
this thing over the vanagon.  The GROUND CLEARANCE is almost non-existant.
If you drive off paved roads, your gonna hit the propane tank--especially
with that longer wheel base. I was not impressed. However, I'll take that
motor! It comes in ONE COLOR---White. Options--???? NO standard
transmissions? At least this is what the dealer told me.

Anyway, I felt very crouded in this "new" VW van. The dealer did agree with
me that the westfalia conversion is FAR better and the vanagon gave much
more room. NOW, if VW can come up with a vanagon with handling and power of
a new 99 VW van and insatll the WESTFALIA conversion in, I'll take it. But,
I think I'll wait till that $36,000 price tag decreases, at least by 10K!

Bill
'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]
'82 Westy [FreeBird] ...Cause I'm as free as a bird now...
Big Sky Country                                 ---Ronnie Van Zant

>I just purchased the new 99 EVC and have been looking through the
>manual where it cautions against using the fridge off the battery
>while driving for initial cool down.  I have no experience with a
>camper before so I'm clueless what to do.  I was hoping to be able to
>have the fridge on while driving so when we pull over to eat our food
>stays cold...this must be able to be done.  I appreciate any help
>before Friday as we are taking our fisrt trip to Maine this weekend.
>
>Alex
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