X-OldHeader: From MRTischler@aol.com-DeleteThis.com Fri Oct 5 12:33:09 2001 Return-Path: <MRTischler@aol.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id MAA21255 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:33:09 -0700 (PDT) From: MRTischler@aol.com-DeleteThis.com Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.33]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id MAA08022 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m04.mx.aol.com (imo-m04.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.7]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA9D1FB8 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:33:01 -0600 (MDT) Received: from MRTischler@aol.com-DeleteThis.com by imo-m04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.7.) id v.38.1cf77789 (15699) for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:32:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web49.aolmail.aol.com (web49.aolmail.aol.com [205.188.161.10]) by air-id05.mx.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINID51-1005153255; Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:32:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:32:55 EDT Subject: Re: Toyota Sienna vs. Honda Odyssey for windsurfing van? To: <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Message-ID: <38.1cf77789.28ef64e7@aol.com-DeleteThis.com>
Ken -- thanks,
I too wish the Toyota or Honda had a 4 wheel drive option for ski trips -- bummer. The Sienna is listed as 7 inches longer than the Previa (194" vs. 187")... so I am thinking this might get the needed interior length the same.... mark.
In a message dated Fri, 5 Oct 2001 1:54:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> writes:
>
> > JR/Rick -- is the Privia wide enough? If so it seems that the Sienna is the
> > same width and just a bit shorter -- no? I think my two board should fit up
> > the center (8-6 and 9-2), sails on left and sleeping room on the run if I
> > take the rear chairs out? -- Rick, you mentioned that the Sienna wasn't long
> > enough -- for what length board? thanks! mark.
> >
> > Ken -- you drive a Previa -- have you compared it to a Sienna?
>
> The Sienna puts its engine in front of the driver instead of under the
> driver as in the Previa. This leaves 12-18 inches less interior space
> in the Sienna, and makes it a much less capable windsurf vehicle.
>
> It's a tragedy in car design. The Previa was a truly innovative design
> that greatly increased the capacity of a minivan. But it looks "different"
> so it never sold well. The Sienna is just another damn Dodge Caravan
> design, albeit built with Toyota quality. And worst of all, there is no
> all-wheel-drive for the Sienna.
>
>
> Ken "can't find a replacement for my '91 Previa" Poulton
> poulton@labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
>
> "We had to eat bark off the trees and stare into the sun until our eyeballs
> burst into flames. That's the way things were and we *liked* it."
> -- Grumpy old man, SNL
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