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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
GoWesty appears to sell to a class of people with a LOT of disposable income.

The Samba is a bbs for Vanagon owners & some Eurovans. The Vanagon is slower than molasses, tho faster than the old Buses. The Vanagon has 6.5" gnd clearance and the Syncro has 7.5" - it will go places that most camper type vehicles will not, but is expensive and requires a fair amt. of repairs/maintenance.

You can also get a Ford Van with a poptop conversion and they are large enuff to sleep in w/o that.

For a still larger vehicle, the MB based newer Dodge vans are not bad at all.

What exactly are you planning to do with this vehicle?
I'm not even interested in pop-top VWs, just regular vans w/ the factory layout I described above. (Fold-down seat/bed, booth seating in the middle). Pop-tops are nice when parked but suck even worse on the road with all that extra weight and wind resistance 6+ feet off the ground. Regular vanagons have the aerodynamics of a sail.

I'm leaning completely towards a Eurovan in the future, something like this:

Volkswagen : EuroVan : eBay Motors (item 280486031557 end time Apr-08-10 09:10:46 PDT)
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