Truly excellent point -- and good question -- another thought on this is the
luggage rack -- which drains through the seal when the van is nose down --
over a long term you could end up with water from the luggage going into the
van.

Doug

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com> wrote:

> I used to park nose up... but no more.
>
> The way the front door rain channels work caused me to have standing water
> in the door when I parked nose up. Eventually, the water would overcome the
> flange between the door and the B-pillar, which then leaked into the
> B-pillar as well as my aux battery box.
>
> Since I've been parking nose down, haven't had a problem, as the water
> bypassing the window scrapers now goes to the bottom of the door where the
> weepholes are.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:08 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
>
>  Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start
> parking my 1984 there on occasion. It might stay there for a week or more
> sometimes -- it's not really my daily driver.
>
> In terms of the fluids, is there a preferred orientation? I'd say the
> downhill end of the van would be a foot lower than the uphill side.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR KG6RCR
>
>

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