Me! Me! Me!   And it's paid for itself. 'Course I have TWO Vanagons !!

John
On Jul 2, 2016 22:50, "Gordon" <gordonmahung@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the search term "stealth camping", John.  I'll look it up.
> Adventurous?  Not so much.  But maybe open-minded is a better term.
>
> Let me piggy back one more question if I may:  how many of you have opted
> for the extended AAA road side assistance towing of 100 miles rather than
> the default measles 7 miles?
>
> -gordon
>
> > On Jul 2, 2016, at 7:14 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well, so far as saving on hotel charges, you can camp in lots of places
> that are cheaper than hotels without violating local ordinances.  However,
> they mostly have to be either designated for camping (lots of small towns
> have parks with campgrounds), or in national forests, BLM land and so on.
> Most municipalities explicitly forbid sleeping in a vehicle on the street
> or in parking lots.  If you are just looking for a place to crash for the
> night, and you feel safe, rest areas on highways allow overnighting in some
> states, and WalMarts allow overnighting in their parking lots where
> municipal ordinances don't prohibit it.  You should ask the store.  But you
> won't save anything, because of the cost of owning the beast.  I've even
> heard people with $300K motor homes claim they were saving money on
> hotels.  Yeah, right.
> >
> > But, with the Vanagon, if it is trustworthy and you are adventurous, you
> can get to places well worth the trouble that don't have hotels.
> >
> > DMc
> >
> >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Gordon <gordonmahung@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I've read some great stuff on A/C from you guys already, unfortunately
> I don't consider myself a tinkerer and especially not a mechanic. I wasn't
> even interested enough to ask the mechanic what he did to fix the A/C. I
> just took it in and he said "it's ready". Truly this must sound blasphemous
> to you guys with Bently manuals.
> >> At the risk of taking this thread in a strange direction, I may have
> bitten off more than I can chew with this Westy. Turns out, more and more
> you're not allowed to just park somewhere to spend the night. We've been
> kicked out of parking lots or streets by local police when we were
> innocently just stopping for the night while on a long trip. So, the idea
> that we'd save on hotel charges is beginning to fade. Maybe there's a fear
> of homeless people living in Westys? Talking about mechanical ability, our
> maiden voyage in the Westy resulted in having to tow it home after only
> about 8 miles of travel. Smoke was coming out the rear vents. The water
> reservoir plug had broken. :(. Just a little venting.
> >> -gordon
> >>
> >> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> But we are all kind of nuts and love our Vanagons!!
> >> >
> >> > I "resemble" that remark!
> >> > ha ha. LOL.
> >> >
> >> > To the original poster:
> >> >
> >> > some jobs I've done on my Vanagons ended up becoming restorations of
> sorts.
> >> > Once you start a job, you may discover more things that need
> >> > to be done or will soon need to be done.
> >> >
> >> > Something to keep in mind.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Neil.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Neil n
> >> >
> >> > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >> >
> >> > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy
> >
> >> >
> >> > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >> >
> >> > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >
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