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Date:         Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:19:13 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Vanagons being used on world tours
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Ok, maybe not many world tours but major journeys for sure. We have heard on the list of a few from the US and Canada who are winding their way around on extended trips. I have come across a few from other distant lands who have made it to California as part of some larger quest. On and off for the last couple weeks I have been helping a couple from Argentina who drove down around Tierra Del Fuego and then up the West coast of South America, Central America, Mexico, and now the US. They are headed for Alaska. They have a 1989 Westfalia with the side table and no kitchen. What many here call a weekender.

They have been on the road for TWO YEARS!!!! Their van has had various things "fixed" along the way, with whatever a local "mechanic" could come up with to get them rolling again. Things finally came to a head in a major way just as they were passing through my neck of the woods. I won't go into all the gory details but I will say that I am amazed how far they made it with minimal knowledge of mechanical things in general and Vanagons in specific. They know a bit more now.

Their example points out quite clearly something I have noticed before. People from the USA/CA seem to largely think their vehicle needs all kinds of extra gadgets and doodads to make a trip of any consequence. People from other places seem more content to set off with only the most basic of equipment and just wing it from there. Somehow they manage just fine.

Mark


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