When you go traveling / camping in your Westy, what are the top three
things
on your "Don't leave home without it list"?
Cheers,
William
'90 Westy Syncro (109K), San Francisco, CA
Hi guys!
I´ve been reading through
a lot of replys with a lot of good tips on what to bring!
One question to the guys who
want to bring the holy book:
Do you feel that it´s
extra neseccery to bring this in a Vanagon???
The reason I ask is that I
- even though not being religous myself, other than having the faith in
that my Vanagon´s gonna take me wherever I wanna go- have some friends
who´re religious and they never bring their bibles- no matter what
transportation!- since they know that they´re always able to find
some at the local churc if they really need the advice from the book!
And since you mentioned the
Bently as an alternative, I know that it´s not that bible!!
Well, it´s a free choice
I guess , so some kind of litterature would probably be on my list too,
since IF the Vanagon decides to cheat on me, I´ll have something
to do while it´s mending!
YES, I suppose it to take
care of whatever harm it does to itself!
And if this shouldn´t
happen well, I guess that a toolbox wouldn´t be totally wrong even
if what I´ve experienced this far the main use for this is to lend
tools to other people since the Vanagon actually has fixed itself so far.
( the only real problem being
the infamous "Digifant stutter" wich as you know only requiers an ignitionkey
"off/on" -touch wood)
Ok, there we have two things
:
#1 A good book ( why not a
manual or a "How to survive..." book - or maybe a Steven King if you have
a breakdown in the middle of the night, could be interesting reading under
a fading flashlight!!!!)
#2 A well filled toolbox -
no, dont bring the complete SNAP-ON kit,just the nessecities plus
some spare parts (s.a. fanbelt,lightbulbs,some electrical vire and a bolt/nut
assortement)
But what for number three?
Well, I guess that depends
on weather conditions,a beverage cooler in the summer, shovel/ snow chains
in the winter, a big I´m a man, not a moose sign during huntingseason
a raincoat and a towingrope if it´s wet...............I guess I´ll
leave that up to you to decide!
But okay, if you go camping,
my third choice would probably be a hatchet and a box of matches!!!
Good luck!
Calle
-88 Vanagon
Mullhyttan, Sweden