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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jun 20, 2017 - 06:49am PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jun 20, 2017 - 06:57am PT
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gotd misses his lil'goat
I was just gonna bump it to
They took my car back and nothing will ever be the same again
Nothing,
Reduced to on overpriced to run in the sun car,
Not given near enough for the great polluting beast they took to replace it with anything that is as economical to run
I'm phooked, not able to risk or afford to risk the one family batmoblle,.
I can't risk leaving the one that's left standing at the lonely turn outs and off dirt road trail heads, it is a magnet for both redneck vandalism and tweeker hopes of scorin' dope from the contents, wich of course are nil but the broke can't fix a broken into A4, just leave the widows and doors open & unlocked?
I've not a thought to buy another VW, but there diesels were to climb 'fore
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Jun 20, 2017 - 08:25am PT
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Galen Kirkwood with his Yosemite Lodge Lot abode for the summer of 1977. He took out the passenger seat and installed a wooden foot locker which with an ensolite pad on top served as his bed. There was a whole community living in the lodge lot that summer.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 20, 2017 - 08:39am PT
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My only experience with VWs up on through the '80s was driving past burning ones on the side of the road once or twice a year. Kinda put me off them...
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 20, 2017 - 09:53am PT
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Yeah, as you drive around you see these burn areas on the side of the road and every time I think to myself 'There burnt a VW van!'.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 20, 2017 - 10:02am PT
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And christ, when the magnesium in Vanagons goes off it's spectacular. Had one burn on the side of I-84 in the Gorge, maybe twenty-five feet off the shoulder, and even from the lefthand lane with the windows rolled up it felt like I was getting singed from the radiant heat. All the tire rubber was in puddles as well and fire guys were just letting it burn.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 20, 2017 - 10:19am PT
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Jun 20, 2017 - 01:26pm PT
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My wife and I just made the gut-wrenching decision to sell our '86 Westy this past weekend. We got almost twice what we paid for it, and the drivetrain is in really great shape. Sold it to a family for their own set of new adventures, and felt good about it.
We've decided to buy a little teardrop trailer for less than we sold the Westy for. That way, we can set up a camp without having to take down poptop, awning, etc., to then drive to where the rocks are. Plus, given that we'll be pulling it with a fairly new Subaru, we can drive across country and Canada without always wondering, "Is this the moment that things fall apart?"
I've always been fine with that part of the deal, but it's not necessarily fair to inflict that excitement on my wife.
A new chapter, but dang...I almost cried seeing it drive away on Saturday.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jun 20, 2017 - 01:46pm PT
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That is sad,Mooser,damn......
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Jun 20, 2017 - 04:59pm PT
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Manning the jetta, motoring through the Utahn desert.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jun 20, 2017 - 05:09pm PT
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There are 10,000 new VWs sitting and rotting away in a field south of Colorado Springs. Should be able to get a good deal.
I had one Bug and four vans over the years.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jun 21, 2017 - 05:43am PT
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We got almost twice what we paid for it? Including maintenance?
The envy I had of these things back in the 80's and 90's has been replaced with laughter whenever I see one still on the road - often piloted by someone who is too young for the era and could have paid less for a Sprinter...
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chill
climber
The fat part of the bell-curve
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Jun 21, 2017 - 07:56am PT
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Summer of '82. My GF (now wife) and I slept in the back of this in the Camp4 parking lot for a few nights. She still married me, even after that.
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Jun 21, 2017 - 07:58am PT
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Including maintenance?
Good point, JLP. But I sort of figure that into the daily reality of owning a VW.
It's actually in considerably better shape--and had lots of extras I added--than when we bought it.
And wilbeer...yeah, that was a tough one. I was crying on the inside, but my wife was full on crying on the outside.
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Aug 21, 2017 - 08:54pm PT
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Ha. Maybe a buss bar car?!
It sure don't look as neat.
But I'll take my 88' for all time. After I bolt up a Subby engine of course!
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 22, 2017 - 10:56am PT
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Even though I bought a new Beetle in 2001 that I'm still driving now, my favorite auto was my brand new 1962 Bug. Took my family everywhere in that Bug. Three kids, a wife, backpacking gear (including a large heavy McKinley Tent from the Co-Op), a food cooler - all stuffed into the bug - no top rack! Summer of '65 we drove to the Tetons, the Wind Rivers, and then to the Needles of South Dakota.
From 1964 through 1976, I owned 5 different VW vans - one of those I purchased from Russ McLean - great bubble top with built-in features. We called it "The Magic Bus". Cruised through Manhattan Beach with the side doors wide open and the Beatles turned up loud. Gave it to my son when he graduated from high school. His first summer he took it Baja on a surfing trip and it was stolen.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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And then there were three.
Thank You California.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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My Life - Vol. II by RR.
"That winter [1956] while continuing to work at Union Bank, I skied every weekend, entering ski races as often as possible. It was during this winter that we learned to appreciate Volkswagens, both the "Bugs"" and the vans.
"They were inexpensive, didn't use a lot of gas, had the engine weight over the rear wheels (better for driving on snow), and you didn't have to worry about the water freezing because the motor was air-cooled.
"The vans were slow but economical. they got us to the ski areas, and we could sleep on the way. Volswagens simply made a lot of sense, and skiers began to look with disdain at the big gas-guzzling cars of the period, with their flamboyant tail fins."
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