We spent Christmas 2003 in Marrakech and New Year 2004 in the edge of the Sahara, near the Algerian border. One day, after coming out of the dunes at dusk, we were hammering along a rocky track and what did we see...a VW Vanagon Synchro coming in the opposite direction! It could only manage about 1/3 the speed of our Land Rovers on the rough track, but he was making his way just fine! Respect.
For those of you who are saying "aw c'mon Jim, that's a minivan!", I wonder how long a Dodge Caravan or Honda Odyssey would last under those conditions! --Jim -----Original Message----- From: Paul Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:15 PM To: JIM EALY Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Ultimate soaring car? I'll second that!! I have an '82 Transporter (the .au name for the vanagon). no stove or fridge but plenty of room for camping and planes. mine has been lowered so the clearance is a little worse than standard but i don't do off road so no problem... they are definitely a nice way to get around and as Jim says, _way_ cooler than any SUV you care to mention. The vanagon synchro models are the way to go if you want 4x4 plus retro cool ;) Paul At 3:37 PM -0400 2/5/05, JIM EALY wrote: >Hey... >You missed the best one!!! The VW Vangon!!! Room for many, many planes and >sleeping beside. Gas stove and frig. Great mileage, clearance, fast - 75 with >ease. Cool beside - this is my fifth - has 284K on it = goes back >almost to the >microbus - even one psycodelic paint job. > > >wy cooler than the ones you listed > >cheers >Jim RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
