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• Re: Getting Caught
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 18 Feb 2023 03:51:50 +0000
  ...I went to the police station and asked if I could camp in their parking lot for one night. They said... "sure... Do you...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:25:48 -0700
  ...The 85 wiring diagram page 97.65 shows the new reservoir float switch but mislabels it the parking brake switch. The real parking brake...
• Re: Cooked wire harness for tail and parking lights
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:30:36 -0700
  ...I kept blowing the fuse for the parking tail lamp which made me find the problem. > > When you open your license plate door you...
• Re: Cheap places to camp
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 09:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...WAL-MART parking lots (yes, it's true. good last ditch option, with security and washrooms close by). The $3.96 Rand McNally W...
• Re: headlight advice/f
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:36:13 -0600
  Weren't the additional parking lights simply to define the size of your vehicle if your headlight bulb burned out? This way an oncoming...
• parking Matilda in Phoenix
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:03:41 -0500
  ...Alternately, does anyone know how parking is at the Phoenix airport? I can't find info about it (especially prices) on the web. I...
• Re: NVC but some of us have been there . . .
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:02:31 -0700
  ...American Nomads of Walmart�s Plentiful Parking Lots" > > <http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/11/walmart-parking-lots/?viewall=true> > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Bus B Gone (not for the squeamish, mayonaisse eatin sissies)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:30:50 -0800
  Only a test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXX09ZE2v0k Pensionerd Don't be a target, park in the parking lot.
• Re: Wal-Mart parking
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:41:57 -0600
  > you can buy Pringles and >Spam from the WalMart. Oh yikes! You had me right up until this combo! :-) May I never be that...
• Re: OT- Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:00:15 -0500
  Oh Phaedra, where art thou?? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Zoltan wrote: > Phaedra is probably under her car or a Mexican tour guide attention...
• Re: no parking lights? huh? wiring worries
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:12:02 EST
  check bright switch, you should not have power at the w/bk or the yellow wire at this switch with the head lights off
• Re: Twins!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:51:59 -0700
  raise your hand if you actively seak out vanagons, westies, loafs, splitties or at least other VW's to park next to in parking...
• Re: women and standard gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:23:20 -0800
  ...If parking on a hill with my automatic Westy or my fwd Kia Spectra, I usually set the hand brake first, place it neutral...
• Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:09:33 -0400
  ...i.e. - free and paid camping locations, - parking lot parking options i.e. walmart, - Truck stop showering options and costs - best low cost hotels...
• Vanagon front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 May 2009 06:44:12 EDT
  Folks anyone out there know where to get a front parking brake cable for a Vanagon ? Seems it's obsolete and we are supposed...
• Re: # warning buzzer for turn signal and parking lights left on
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 02:14:03 -0400
  ...My memory is betraying me...:=) What I should have written was that the relevant parking light (right or left, depending on turn signal switch...
• Re: beware of parking garages!
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 11:16:21 -0700
  ...area where I stayed >at a hotel with a basement parking garage. Since this was the only >parking the hotel offered free, I very...
• Re: parking brake adjustment frozen
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 26 May 2011 15:29:37 -0700
  ...Mark Richard A Jones wrote: > The nut on the rod that adjusts the parking brake is > frozen. I've tried Kroil soaking and heating...
• Re: grip keeps popping off parking brake handle
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 15:22:10 -0700
  ...wrote: > bretberger@GMAIL.COM writes: >> The plastic grip on my replacement parking brake pops off if it is >> pulled on too hard in the...
• Re: newibie
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:28:20 +1300
  ...The symptoms: > >(1) Dash lights work if the key is in the intermediate (accessory?) position >with the light switch on parking or headlights position...
• Friday Wal Mart standoff.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:53:55 -0500
  This AM the Dallas Police approached a van camping in a Wal Mart parking lot in Grand Paririe TX (Part of Dallas). The van...
• Friday - Walmart parking lot campers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 07:37:55 -0700
  Photo article here http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/29/magazine/look-walmart.html?ref=magazine&_r=0 There is one Vanagon in...
• reminder - Victoria area meet today
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:37:21 -0800
  ...Meeting still on, 10 am, Beaver Lake parking lot. alistair
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Thu, 5 May 2011 17:15:25 +0000
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• parking lot
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 15:17:46 -0400 (EDT)
  Temporarily lost my guacamole Westy (Alice) in a sea of minivans. Pontiac TransPort in front, Plymouth Voyager on the left, Ford Windstar on the...
• 87 Syncro Westie Clearance?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:23:28 -0800
  Hi List, How tall is an 87 syncro with stock 14 inch rims? I am looking to get monthly underground parking and am worried...
• FW: Cell Phone and the Internet
  Historical mailing list - Eric Clarke
  Mon, 2 May 2005 22:54:45 -0600
  One word folks - STARBUCKS! Starbucks has installed WIFI in each North American location, usually the signal is good enough to enjoy from the parking...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Not Wiping
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:49:11 -0400
  ...I suspect this parking problem might be the culprit. Didn't know these things could get jammed. More to play with now. Mark On...
• Re: Driving into NYC and using a parking Garage
  Historical mailing list - dieselwesty
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:27:27 -0400
  ...Driving into NYC and using a parking Garage Ed, A possible solution would be to park your Westy at or near one of the...
• Re: Fwd: Most Outrageous Vanagon Stealth Camping Spots?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:57:30 -0400
  ...Not the public parking lot, the FedEx truck parking lot. We got a few funny looks when we got out of the van in...
• E-brake adventures
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:40:00 -0400
  ...Anyway, when parking, I pulled on the parking brake like I usually do and I got a POP and then noticed that the handle...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:23:27 -0700
  ...17:49 mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> napisał(a): > >> On concern I have is that I don't want the parking brake reminder alarm...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 5 May 2011 23:44:30 -0230
  ...I always leave it in reverse when parked (Matilda's a manual), parking brake on as hard as I can get it (if I...
• Re: Connecticut-RI
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:43:06 -0500
  ...When exiting off Rt 10, skip the most obvious parking lot area. Take the next left, which winds up a hill. There are a...
• OT: Secrets of the Philly Folk Fest
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:43:31 -0400
  ...Each time I go early Thursday morning they don't let anyone near the parking area until 10 AM. They send traffic in circles...
• Re: Syncro Convention! :)
  Historical mailing list - Karl G Vochatzer/AMR
  1 Jan 97 21:36:36
  ...Syncro Convention! :) >> I pulled into the parking lot of the REI (Recreational Equipment Inc) here in Spokane today and parked next to another Syncro...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:54:13 -0300
  ...It's my personal opinion, learning to drive stick >should be manditory to getting a license. (That n parallel parking.) Auto is just too...
• Re: regulations concerning overnight parking
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 10 May 1998 21:52:16 -0400
  ...Is there anybody who can help me about > "overnight parking" regulations in the States especially in the eastern > part. > > Thanks a lot > > Yvan >
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:37:31 -0800
  > Has anyone ever had their headlight switch go bad to the point where the > headlights won't go on but the parking lights will...
• Re: Vanagon sightings in the current cinema
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:43:08 -0500
  Coen Brothers' new film "Intolerable Cruelty." White Westphalia in the parking lot of 1940s/50s era diner in Los Angeles somewhere. Donald Baxter Iowa...
• Re: Stealth camping spot and tick warning(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 23 May 2006 11:21:02 -0800
  ...The University does not have enough parking spaces and of course charges for parking permits so students have been known to park at the...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:22:47 -0500
  ...nose down? Or is > > there nothing in it? Surely for short parking it wouldn't matter a fart, > > but if the van sits for...
• Re: parking Matilda in Phoenix
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:31:42 -0700
  ...parking Matilda in Phoenix > Hi all, > > I'm going to be leaving Matilda in Phoenix for eight days over Thanksgiving while I fly east...
• Tents only, no campers
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 18:47:54 -0400
  ...They have a pleasant tent campground and a separate RV campground which is simply a flat, desolate asphalt parking lot, no picnic tables, no...
• Re: emergency brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:23:54 -0800
  ...This can show up as a need to adjust the parking brake. So if your parking brake engagement seems to need more travel, then...
• Details on services for Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:07:16 -0600
  ...Wayland, MA 01778 Overflow parking, if needed: Wayland Town Hall (rear parking lot) 41 Cochituate Rd. Wayland, MA 01778 The town hall is across...
• Re: urban camping in sf
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:27:52 PDT
  Walk around ten hours and you've spent 100 dollars on parking.. Maybe its better to use such facility over in Berkley or Oakland...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:59:46 -0700
  ...Foot actuated parking brake > > > > > > Just wondered if anyone has ever successfully modified the parking > > > brake to a foot-pedal type. How I would love...
• So why have the tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 15:21:17 EDT
  ...Bus parking brake handles don't > have little buttons for release, you just turn 'em and release. Katherine A. Bouton 1976 VW Westfalia Camper...
• finger warfare
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:07:41 -0600
  ...Why do you give a rat's ass what anyone, especially two punks in a parking lot, thinks about your ride? -bret
• Wiper Wackiness - No Parking
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Mourkas
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:12:31 -0500
  Recently my front windshield wipers stopped parking correctly. All functions work as normal except that wipers will park wherever they happen to be in...
• reminder of victoria area meeting tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:10:02 -0800
  ...are listmembers in the Victoria area that can make it to the meeting tomorrow (Nov 20) at Beaver Lake (furthest in parking lot). alistair
• Driveway/parking list
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:02:16 -0500
  Was wondering if there is a driveway list around (a place to park for a day of two)....if not....this would be a...
• Re: BC/Washington Van Meet 2008
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:38:35 -0700
  August 23 works for me, but as a Canadian living in Washington I'm unsure which side of the parking lot is appropriate. -- Angus...
• Re: Municipal camper bans
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:17:40 -0800
  What about that newer law in LA where a permit is required for parking an RV or a small or larger commercial vehicle on...
• Re: Westy/Vanagon Paranoia
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 23 May 2001 08:48:52 -0700
  ...I WAS "run off " by the grounds guard after spending a night in the parking lot of Holy Rode Palace.in Edinburgh. "You can...
• Re: Keyless alarm parking light connection question
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 2 May 2020 18:24:14 -0700
  ...Keyless alarm parking light connection question > > Hi all, > > Well, I'm trying to finish up an alarm install that has taken me..... > well.... > forever...
• Re: No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK Update 4
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:23:26 +0000
  ...The flasher works with all lights off from the dash headlight/parking light switch, same as other three flashers. Swapping the ignition switch for...
• Tip of the day
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 8:04:37 PST
  ...Normally I use a flashlight, but this morning I didn't have one handy, so I turned on the parking lights which light up...
• Vanagon Humor - True Story
  Historical mailing list - Bryan
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:24:35 -0800
  ...On the way in, we noticed another Westy, nearly identical to the one we were in, in an adjacent parking lot. While we were...