At 7/9/2006 02:22 PM, David Wilhite wrote: >Just got back last night from vacationing @ St. Andrews state park >in Panama City Beach, FL., Are the Panama City beaches still as white as sugar? > I have an 84' Westy that I converted to a Subaru 2.2L six years ago. How many miles have you put on it since the conversion? >The Subaru engine provides plenty of torque, so pulling the trailer >wasn't a problem. My only concern was the braking. If we end up >buying a camper to pull behind the Vanagon, I'll have to have some >sort of brakes on it, or upgrade the ones on the Vanagon. I'm a big fan of electric trailer brakes. >How many people can actually take a couple of weeks off from work at >one time? Unfortunately, it seems that in today's work place it'll >never happen. You've got to work 5 years at most places to get 3 >weeks of vacation and if you can get 3 weeks, you can't take more >than a week at a time anyways. Isn't that the truth! Glad you had a great trip & thanks for sharing. The sharing is a help for folks like me who know that a 'big' trip is going to last for just a weekend... at least for the next few years but these stories help me remember.
Rob becida@comcast.net With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington. |
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