[MBZ] Expedition opinion

2005-07-29 Thread Wilton Strickland
Expedition = RBV (ridiculously big vehicle). Wilton

Re: [MBZ] Expedition opinion

2005-07-29 Thread Kevin
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:54:00PM -0400, Wilton Strickland wrote: Expedition = RBV (ridiculously big vehicle). Not really. If you have seven people and are towing a trailer, expeditions are actually on the small size. If it's just you, and you're still towing a trailer, it still might be on the

Re: [MBZ] Expedition opinion

2005-07-29 Thread Kevin J. Slater
Kevin wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:54:00PM -0400, Wilton Strickland wrote: Expedition = RBV (ridiculously big vehicle). Not really. If you have seven people and are towing a trailer, expeditions are actually on the small size. If it's just you, and you're still towing a trailer,

Re: [MBZ] Expedition opinion

2005-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley
Kevin J. Slater wrote: As I understand it, this one will be used to move a load of kids, a boat on a trailer, an ice house in the winter and whatever else my resourceful brother can drag behind it. I'd rather have a Caravan myself. I can't figure out where people got the idea you need a

Re: [MBZ] Expedition opinion

2005-07-29 Thread Dan Weeks
I regularly tow 2,000 lbs with my 70 hp Vanagon Westfalia turbodiesel. You need to plan your stops and starts,and I wouldn't want to climb the rockies with that load, but for relatively short distances, it does just fine. For lots of towing, you need torque, a long wheelbase, and ideally a