Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:34:50 -0700
Reply-To: stephen steele <steeles159@YAHOO.COM>
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From: stephen steele <steeles159@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Scratches & Off Road Driving
In-Reply-To: <42C1666F.5080901@qadas.com>
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Yep,
I purposely leave the lane back to my cabin a little
wild to block the vision of lookie-loos who travel our
creekside dead end road for "rides in the country".
Over the years I have added a few laugh lines to the
sides of my vans because of the brush on the sides of
the lane. A lot of the time the lines will rub out but
I have learned to really add the polish/wax to prevent
a majority of the scratches from getting deeper into
the paint.
I try to limit the immediate lane side brush to
sycamores, dogwoods, redbuds, honey suckle, high bush
cranberries and other "softer" growth, eliminating the
honey locust, primrose and other thorn bearers because
of the obvious risk to limb and vehicle.
Prior to putting in the lane a few years ago, I drove
my 2WD Vanagons all over the fields of our property
and have used logging trails there and also in park
lands with no real problems. The ground clearance is
good for most places as long as it's dry.
Stephen
Chillicothe, OH
--- Jon Kanas <kanas@QADAS.COM> wrote:
> Good Day Vganites,
>
> Noting the thread between Robert and Larry, one of
> the principal uses we
> have for our Syncro Westfalia is getting to our
> primitive cabin in
> 11-mile canyon. It's just under a mile, up a Jeep
> trail, stepping over
> some pretty serious rocks and squeaking between the
> bushes. The first
> few times we made the trip, the Vanagon looked like
> it was really
> scratched up from the bushes. When I washed it, the
> scratches went
> away. We finally figured out that the scrub-oak
> bushes were leaving
> traces of sap where we touched them, then dust would
> stick to the sap
> and look like we had done some significant damage.
>
> We keep a good coat of wax on it at all times, and
> the scratches are
> never visible after we wash it when we get home.
> Where we go:
> http://www.qadas.com/~kanas/Abodes/Sleeping_Tom.html
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
> Jon B Kanas
>
> Longmont, Colorado; Cultural Center of the Universe
> Email: kanas@qadas.com <mailto:kanas@qadas.com>
> Website: http://www.qadas.com/~kanas
> <http://www.qadas.com/%7Ekanas>
> AOL Instant Messenger ID: KanasColo
>
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