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Originally Posted by thewestyguy I'd be curious to know how many people moved up from a VW westy like we did, seems like a natural evolution. |
Hi thewestyguy,
welcome to the forums and thank you for buying a german quality product!
Your Airstream Westy is nearly the same as the Euorpean Thomas Cook modells made by Westfalia. I think it is more a tax and customs thing that they are assembled in the US. I think I read somewhere that they mainly put the roof on the Chassis and install some electric stuff wanted by Airstream like LCD-TV and so on... Unfortunatly it is a 'natural' upgrade from a VW Westfalia to a Mercedes Benz/Dodge/Freightliner Westfalia as there are no VW Chassis used today. Westfalia is owned by Mercedes Benz (Daimler/Chrysler to be correct) and VW refused to let their leisure and camping model be produced by Westfalia. We used to own a VW T4 California Exlusive (long wheel base and the solid high roof) and really lowed it. It was a blast and running really fast and still safe. Mileage was 29 gallons per mile going not more than 75 mile an hour.
I drive a Sprinter Van on a daily bases at the moment, with a short wheel base. It is a nice Van, reliable and solid, good milage and an easy drive.
So enjoy your Van and enjoy camping!
Thanks again for shopping in Germany...
Bjoern