Any 30 mpg vans you can recommend for camping?

[freebeard]

Canada got a dashboard with a tachometer.

Any Previa with a Tesla retrofit.

[Isaac Zachary]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Canada got a dashboard with a tachometer.

Any Previa with a Tesla retrofit.

Ya! That would be awesome!

Either that or heavily modded to contain a Toyota Synergy Drive hybrid system.

But I think you win!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

For the longest time (and probably still) my dream van was a Toyota Previa with the diesel option. Living here in the States meant it was never available, but I so wish I had jumped on an imported Previa diesel engine I saw years ago on eBay and had gotten a Previa to put it in.

IIRC the Diesel Previa was also slightly more compact in order to be subjected to lower taxes at the Japanese domestic market. Haven't seen any, even though JDM vehicles exported to Paraguay are a common sight on Brazilian beaches during the summer.

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

Oh man! For the longest time (and probably still) my dream van was a Toyota Previa with the diesel option. Living here in the States meant it was never available, but I so wish I had jumped on an imported Previa diesel engine I saw years ago on eBay and had gotten a Previa to put it in.

I don't know what it is about the Previa, but if I ever need a hauler I'd probably get an old Previa instead of anything else. Preferably a diesel engine imported on an older stick shift Previa or the super charged engine that came out circa 1995 onward on an older pre-1995 stick shift Previa. I might even go for an AWD version.

I like the flying ones they used on Star Trek the Next Generation.

[freebeard]

[citation needed] DDG autocompletes to 'star trek preview'.

I get a better result with duckduckgo.com/?q=stanced+previa


safetystance.wordpress.com/tag/previa/

[Piotrsko]

Is it me or is it once again a thread started by someone who disappeared after A COUPLE OF POSTS?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Is it me or is it once again a thread started by someone who disappeared after A COUPLE OF POSTS?

Well, the thread was started by someone who has been registered on the forum for longer than I am.

[racprops]

STOP THE PRESSES: Another Van with 29MPG...hope the author is still reading...

[dremd]

WOW, 3500 Chevy van at 29 MPG, thats insane, anyone with experience? I could maybe replace my Sprinter with this.

[racprops]

OMG The news just keeps on coming it:

Well after all these years of they saying it cannot be done…I have found proof I was on the right track, or that at least it can be done.

Full sized vans CAN GET 29/30MPG any highway speeds.

THAT blows all the "you cannot get a big box like a van to do 30MPG..."

GM Has TWO models of vans that do just that.

From https://www.dieselplace.com/.../2-8-...press-vans.../

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We are typically running about 7500 lbs GVW in Chicago traffic and also 100 mile runs on the highway. The little motor launches the van quite well, since it has way more bottom end than typical gas v-8's (325 ft lbs @ 1500 rpm, 370 @2000).

This van runs a Turbocharged 2.8 Diesel that makes 360FtLbs @ 2000 and 185 HP @ 3200RPMs, and a 8 speed automatic.

In the city, it drives about the same as the 5.4 E 250 it replaced. On the highway, no trouble merging and accelerating while loaded. It’s no race car, but it’s fine.
Fuel Economy is exceptional when heavily loaded. We run about 20 to 21 mpg city, and holding a steady 66 mph (at 65 it will downshift to 7th) we just got 33.3 mpg in humid 90 weather with A/C on over 60 miles. On open road without trailing a semi, we get a little over 30.

The other one is a 2019 Chevy Express Passenger RWD 3500 155” wheel base custom outfitted running 4.3L V6 with Direct Injection and variable Valve Timing making 298ft-lbs@3,900rpm, and 276hp @ 5,200rpm though a 8 speed automatic.

This large buzz bomb can make 19 City and 29 Highway MPG.

REALLY!