Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:00:37 PST
Reply-To: Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Mom to travel across U.S.: advice?
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Hello,
I say its awsome your going with your daughters...go you...more women
need to be like you=) I've been across our country twice and its a
great thing to do=) Hmm in the idea of oil changes I would say not to
do it every 2k..maybe every 4k. Remember your doing more steady driving
which I do not think is as bad as city driving. BE VERY CARFUL IF YOU
DO NOT CHANGE YOUR OWN OIL!!! MANY SHOPS DO NOT UNDERSTAND VW'S! THEY
WILL BREAK SOMETHING TRYING TO PUT YOUR OIL IN OR CHANGE YOUR OIL
FILTER. Hmm other than that bring some extra hose clamps, road
atlas(gosha is good), jumper cables, extra fluids and a whole lotta fun.
AAA is a great thing but unless you have a cell phone you may not get a
hold of them so remember you may have to be towed by a non-AAA person
but AAA will pay you back...I've been there and done that..they are very
good about it=)
Go with the idea that whatever happens is more of the adventure and
you'll have a great time.
Tim G
own:
84 wolfsburg(222k body(66k engine))
77 toyota chinook(for sale 2900/obo)(92k)
ex:
87 gl syncro(blew tranny at 181k)~Alaska~
84 ford ranger
87 dodge colt
>From: Kari Williams <Karibel@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Karibel@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Mom to travel across U.S.: advice?
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:41:37 EST
>
>hi everyone,
>i'm a new subscriber to the list and am hoping for some advice. i
recently
>purchased a '90 vanagon (not camper, but back folds into a bed), and am
>planning to drive from california to new york and back again with my 2
teenage
>daughters for our annual girls trip. (i know what you are thinking:
glutton
>for punishment. but they are the ones who really want to go!) anyway,
my
>vanagon has low miles (60,000) and runs great, but is there something i
should
>do to it before making the journey? like, i don't know, replacing the
fuel
>lines and belts or something? the only thing i know how to do is add
coolant
>and oil and call AAA. we have 2 months to make the trip and plan to
take it
>slow and easy and spend a few days in corpus christi, miami, washington
d.c.
>etc. should i be changing the oil every 2,000 miles or so? anything
else?
> my brother is a vw mechanic and always keeps my vws in shape,
but he isn't
>being helpful about this trip, as he thinks 3 women alone on the road
are
>headed for disaster. anyone out there make a similar long distance
trip?
>advice? warnings?
>kari (karibel@aol.com)
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