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Date:         Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: As nice as, but better?
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <CB67C33C-529B-4550-8B9C-B6AFCD48C5D0@pottsfamily.ca>
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We love the idea of putting a sturdy engine into Mellow Yellow, but it doesn't overcome the one and only problem we have with van camping: it's difficult to pop into town for a roll of toilet paper without either packing everything up, or leaving it behind and exposed.

-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR

Greg Potts typed: > Hi Mike, > > Why not invest the $$$ in reliability instead of a different platform? > Put a $5K subie or Boston Bob engine in the vanagon and run with the > devil you know. After a while, the preventative maintenance does die > down to a dull roar, and the expenses become much more predictable. > > Building a small trailer like my "Westrailer" might help free up the > v'gon. What happened with the motorcycle concept? > > Happy Trails, > > Greg Potts > 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato > www.pottsfamily.ca > www.busesofthecorn.com > > > > > On 26-Feb-07, at 6:52 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > >> Mrs Squirrel and I are tossing around ideas for fulltiming, or at least >> long-terming. We love Mellow Yellow, we love its floorplan, we love its >> 360-degree views. We don't love its reliability vis a vis a newer >> vehicle, and while van camping is nearly ideal, because it lets us visit >> places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a >> quick trip into town for a bottle of aspirin, a restaurant dinner, or a >> movie more difficult than a trailer because you can't just drive away >> from camp without some tear down and setup. > > > > > > >


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