Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:25:21 -0600
Reply-To: Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
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From: Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
Subject: Re: Tales from Europe and VW campers (part 7)
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On 4/20/07, jdd <johndillon@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> So what's the story on propane in Europe. I was under the impression that
> they used butane in Europe .. is that so? and if it is .. is it a big deal
> to get a Canadian bus converted to butane? Is it just a matter of
> switching
> the oriface in the fridge and stove? I'm thinking about shipping a vanagon
> to Europe for a trip.
Northern Europe uses propane. Some countries also has propane vehicles (e.g.
Germany). Your suspicion about butane might be right
for France, as I've seen butane cylinders, regulators etc here, but not
yet found propane. Haven't needed it yet either. (but could use a new
pressure regulator)
Martin
jdd
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Jagersand" <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:03 PM
> Subject: Tales from Europe and VW campers (part 7)
>
>
> > After a brief visit back in Canada, I'm now in Europe again.
> > I took some photos and made a web page of various T4 Campers I've
> > seen. Visit:
> >
> > http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/
> >
> > click "Some versions of the later T4 (Eurovan) based campers"
> >
> > This time I'm living a bit outside Grenoble in Meylan. Definitely less
> > stressful than the "finding parking" adventure I had when I lived
> > Downtown (literally at the "G" in Grenoble on the map...).
> >
> > Haute Meylan is filled with the concrete mansions of the noveau rich,
> > (and two remaining chateau's of the old rich) overlooking Belldonne
> > massif of the alpes across the Isere valley.
> >
> > The car models here are also distinctly different. While downtown
> > Grenoble is dominated by subcompact Renaults, Peugots and Citroens,
> > the preffered way to show off your euros seems to be to buy either a
> > Mercedes, Audi or BMW. Rather un-patriotic by French
> > standards. However, public opinion research has shown that southern
> > Europeans are used to that the social elite say one thing and do
> > another.
> >
> > Popul is the only VW camper around, and gets strange looks in the area
> > we live. It's a different story at the institute where I work. Here
> > Popul draws a crowd of interested students and researchers every night
> > when we leave. In two weeks we're going on an outing to the mountains
> > with my new colleagues here.
> >
> > Martin and '85 Westy Popul
> > --
> > Martin Jagersand
> > University of Alberta
> > http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/
> >
> >
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Martin Jagersand
University of Alberta
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/
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