Date:         Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:48:57 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Towing insurance was: Air conditioning
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Everyone with a older car!
Still nice to have when I travel even in other folks cars.

Eric 


	
> On Jul 3, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Gordon Mah <gordonmahung@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> That is good to know.  It must mean that you get invited by everyone!  ;)
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jul 3, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> I bought my first VW when I was 17 and invested in AAA soon after.  The cool thing is that it insures the holder of the card not the specific vehicle. 
>> 
>>       So, over the years despite being a non driver, I have more then once been the one able to resolve a travel misfortune.  It has been good fun to have friends say no I don’t have triple A but now I wish I did.  I Just hand them my card and say, no problem we are all set!  Life is full of fun surprises.
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
>> 85 GL Auto Westfalia 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 3, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> You betcha - AAA Platinum RV INSURANCE always have had the 100 miles package + . 
>>> Have never had to used it yet in 15 years. One never knows.
>>> 
>>> Dennis J
>>> 
>>> Dennis Jowell
>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>> Newbury, Vermont 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 11:50 PM, Gordon <gordonmahung@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the search term "stealth camping", John.  I'll look it up.  Adventurous?  Not so much.  But maybe open-minded is a better term.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me piggy back one more question if I may:  how many of you have opted for the extended AAA road side assistance towing of 100 miles rather than the default measles 7 miles?
>>>> 
>>>> -gordon
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 7:14 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, so far as saving on hotel charges, you can camp in lots of places that are cheaper than hotels without violating local ordinances.  However, they mostly have to be either designated for camping (lots of small towns have parks with campgrounds), or in national forests, BLM land and so on. Most municipalities explicitly forbid sleeping in a vehicle on the street or in parking lots.  If you are just looking for a place to crash for the night, and you feel safe, rest areas on highways allow overnighting in some states, and WalMarts allow overnighting in their parking lots where municipal ordinances don't prohibit it.  You should ask the store.  But you won't save anything, because of the cost of owning the beast.  I've even heard people with $300K motor homes claim they were saving money on hotels.  Yeah, right.
>>>>> 
>>>>> But, with the Vanagon, if it is trustworthy and you are adventurous, you can get to places well worth the trouble that don't have hotels.
>>>>> 
>>>>> DMc
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Gordon <gordonmahung@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I've read some great stuff on A/C from you guys already, unfortunately I don't consider myself a tinkerer and especially not a mechanic. I wasn't even interested enough to ask the mechanic what he did to fix the A/C. I just took it in and he said "it's ready". Truly this must sound blasphemous to you guys with Bently manuals.
>>>>>> At the risk of taking this thread in a strange direction, I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this Westy. Turns out, more and more you're not allowed to just park somewhere to spend the night. We've been kicked out of parking lots or streets by local police when we were innocently just stopping for the night while on a long trip. So, the idea that we'd save on hotel charges is beginning to fade. Maybe there's a fear of homeless people living in Westys? Talking about mechanical ability, our maiden voyage in the Westy resulted in having to tow it home after only about 8 miles of travel. Smoke was coming out the rear vents. The water reservoir plug had broken. :(. Just a little venting.
>>>>>> -gordon
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But we are all kind of nuts and love our Vanagons!!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I "resemble" that remark!
>>>>>>> ha ha. LOL.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> To the original poster:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> some jobs I've done on my Vanagons ended up becoming restorations of sorts.
>>>>>>> Once you start a job, you may discover more things that need
>>>>>>> to be done or will soon need to be done.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Something to keep in mind.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Neil.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Neil n
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
>>>>>