VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK

I was on a biz trip last week to Grenoble, France and
kept seeing a wicked looking windhead capable van

It's the diesel Renault Trafic. Tons of these on the road.
The Trafic is diesel and gets 8.7l/100km mixed hwy/city.
Not bad. And, it has windhead cool features like:

"special front seats which pivot for enhanced conviviality
when parked, a rear benchseat that can be quickly and
simply converted into a bed and a removable table. "

Pivot front seats - how cool is that

Left hand drive, too. Completely flat floor,
which looked rubberized.

Why are all of us dumb-ass North Americans
driving gas cars
Diesels rock. rented a diesel turbo Volvo C30 all week -
what a blast - power and great fuel economy.

check out the pix below ...

We are not the dumb-asses Mike the car companies are the dumb-asses for not making all of these diesel vehicles availble in North America.

Almost every useful vehicle you can think of comes in diesel form somewhere else in the world...maybe a slight exageration but you get my point. Truely annoying when you see these wicked vehicles and you know that there is no way to import them into Canada until they are 15 years old! Transport Canada is even trying to make it more difficult by changing the 15 years to 25 years. You have to wonder who is truely behind these types of decisions....maybe the North American car manufacturers....hmmmm I wonder. Oh God I have just started another conspiracy thread

I am just bitchy because I roofed all day yesterday in the rain instead of sailing at CB...now that I have ranted this is a sweet ride Mike!

G.M. & Nissan have versions of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Vivaro ... Maybe we will see that groovy van here sometime. Thanks Mike. http://www.nissan.co.uk/home/microsite/ ... ?ln=/en_GB

Here's my new one well, not really. Oh, and I'm told apparently is it quite effective in extending your penis too Big Carbon Footprint: The Blackfoot

Not that it compares to any of the above machines ... but is is a kick-ass surf vehicle .. and it is for sale . I've got a 1986 4x4 Synchro VW vanagon thats been gutted to make room for some rubbermaid tote storage and some custom wood benchwork ... runs great ... still a vw

$ 2900 .... and all the inherent problems of a VW can be yours

yet another one,
http://www.boardseekermag.com/windsurfi ... n-056.html

but I like the sealed floor and color, carpet, securement of gear, nice rig.....needs a pop top now tho and a fridge I think

I think I may have just got nearly the ultimate WS van. 2008 Dodge/Mercedes Sprinter high roof (could keep sails fully rigged inside upright, almost - nearly 7 feet headroom). Downside is OH on the ferry. But 8 point something litres per hundred KM (over 30 mpg) on the highway might make CB more accessible! Principally a work truck, but with enough room inside for both work and WS gear and some basic accomodation, I hope! It will be fun designing it.

Hey MF4. Here's a link to a guy that did a sweet job pimping out his Sprinter for windsurfing. Looks like a sweet ride
http://www.steynfamily.com/ultimate_win ... van_02.htm

Thats just a little glitzier than I had in mind, Jl Mine will be the "Spartan Miser" model

Renault is partners with Nissan ... It would be nice if they would bring in these: http://www.renault.com.au/docs/trafic/trafic.asp#jump Nice purchase MF4 ... Looking forward to seeing your new wheels ... http://www.district-garage.co.uk/images ... mastar.jpg

Hey, those Renault Trafic are what Morewind posted about above. Stupid that you can't buy them here. They sound great, all? with built in swivel chairs, table, and bunk, not sure if they'd fit the Kona inside, but hey you can't have everything!

Morewind, JL, Martin, my brother is totally keen on the Caddy for his windsurfing/biking/skiing rig

http://www.volkswagen.de/vwcms_publish/ ... _life.html

personally I don't like VW's but he swears by them....living in Wolfsburg, VW town, does that to you I guess

These two windsurfers seem to have found their ideal surf vehicle to be the mini van, a vehicle that soccer moms across the nation have for years known to be the best for carting around children and their equipment.