Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:44:03 -0800
Reply-To: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
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From: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Early Fri. Element pop top little vangaon
content.
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I think that this does have vanagon content, since we are all driving our
beautiful vans into the ground. One day the aging metal is just going to
breakdown, no matter how much we've loved and cared for them. So, since
Volkswagen doesn't seem to see the need to produce a new model, it's timely
for us to consider alternatives. Personally, I've been looking at and liking
the conversions done by GTRV http://www.gtrv.com/ which include an updated
but still Westy-style interior. There's no way I'm ever climbing up into the
top bunk again, as is required by the Ursa Minor.
The greatest drawback (HUGE!) is that it still wouldn't be a Westy and you
would lose this fabulous community. Don't have any ideas on how to deal with
that.
Cheers, Pat
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From: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wetwesties@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Don Hanson
Sent: November-25-10 7:12 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Cc: WetWesties
Subject: [WetWesties] Early Fri. Element pop top little vangaon content.
The link to this Honda Element pop-top camper kit contains no Vanagon
content. (Sorry for an Early Friday post, but we will be away for Friday, so
) It is a subject that often comes up on Vanagon list, though....The wish
that there was a more modern vehicle that's similar to the Vangaon Westies
available somewhere. This Element kit looks like it is sort of along those
lines...
For what it is worth, we have a friend, older gal, who is a frequent and
adventuresome traveler/camper. She had a Bay window Westie for years and
finally grew weary of it's frequent and unpredictable breakdowns, even
though she always used professional mechanics and replaced major components
frequently without 'cheaping-out' at all on maintainence or repairs...
She sold the Westie and got an Element..has been camping in/from that for a
couple of years now. She really misses her VW...But she likes the
dependability of the Honda and also likes it's AWD...... she teaches skiing
and lives in Jackson Hole. She says her Element gets crummy gas mileage
and is expensive to have repaired, but it's one of those 'modern vehicles'
that doesn't require a second thought, you just gas it and drive it, no
fuss.
Looking at this kit in the link, it seems well thought out and executed.
Might make that Honda Element a little more utilitarian for extended
adventure camping.
http://www.ursaminorvehicles.com/
Don Hanson
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