Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 19:14:22 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Air conditioning
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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>
>
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