My only ride in a Eurovan was last year; it was one of a hotel's fleet of
vehicles used to take guests to/from the airport and other places. Two of
us were carrying our luggage and several VERY large boxes of the plastic
components we had gotten from the new molds we had been having tested and
approved: the cause of our trip. Each box was about 30 inches on a side,
nearly a perfect cube. ONE wouldn't have fit into the trunk of any
ordinary car. The Eurovan swallowed it all, easily, and it kept up with
traffic on the freeway as well as it threaded through the incredibly
crowded and narrow alleyways of downtown Taipei, Taiwan. I don't speak
enough Chinese, so couldn't find out which motor it carried. It seemed to
have as much get-up-and-go as my wife's Plymouth Voyager with the V-6. I
was quite impressed! Didn't get to find out whether it would have been as
fast with the air conditioning running, since it was "winter" (got clear
down to 46 Fahrenheit, only 3 degrees above the all-time historic record,
while we were there. The locals were suffering terribly!). Most of the
rest of the hotel fleet was Mercedes and BMW, and not the low-end models,
either.
Ron
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> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Quick bit about the EV
> Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 1:06 AM
>
> I always wondered about Minivans. Why do people buy them? They barely
seem
> bigger than most of the station wagons, they don't seem all that
practical.
> This past Christmas, I went on a family trip. There were 6 of us and a
baby,
> and lots of luggage. We got a limo to take us to the airport (it was
cheaper
> than the three cabs we would have needed), and we were cramped like
crazy.
> Upon arriving at our destination, we took ONE cab to go to our hotel.
This
> cab was a EUROVAN. It fit all of us easily (there was actually room for
NINE
> passengers), and ALL of the luggage fit in the trunk. I couldn't believe
it.
> To top it off, it had a TDI motor, and kept up with traffic perfectly.
> One kick ass vehicle.
>
> Alex.
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