On Jul 19, 2010, at 2:06 PM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote:
http://lansing.craigslist.org/cto/1849867145.html
If I were going to buy a diesel VW truck, I'd rather have one of
these:
*http://tinyurl.com/2g7etge
*
I've had both. The rabbit diesel truck was one of the worst vehicles
ever--HORRIBLY noisy, and too small in cab or bed to be useful. Cab
was tiny. Had a diesel Jetta that was much better--a nice little car.
Had a turbodiesel vanagon westy that I loved. 27 mpg at 65, and
adequate power, surprisingly enough, mostly due to the flat turbo
torque curve and a well-matched wide ratio 4-speed. You're right about
payload--they were rated for a ton but would carry considerably more
with grace. I once drove 800 miles with probably 3,000 lbs in mine,
and it rode, handled, and drove just fine, albeit several inches
lower. LOADS of suspension travel, very good off road. Because of the
chassis configuration, it was easy to load them level, and maintain a
50/50 weight distribution.
I now have a toyota previa. MUCH more reliable, twice as powerful, and
a very decent vehicle in its own right, but much smaller and won't
handle anywhere near the weight or bulk that the vanagon would, and
rides worse, empty or full. The vanagon "doka" (for DOuble KAb) truck
is much sought after, but I never wanted one, because the bed is so
small and high. Half the advantage of the vanagon van was the low
entry hight of the side door and the very high roof. Tremendous
capacity.
Dan
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