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VWaddict01
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Thank you! Your hightop is awesome too, super clean. Did you end up selling the Rabbit front clip and fenders??
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purplepeopleeater
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Location: E. Washington
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| Thank you! Your hightop is awesome too, super clean. Did you end up selling the Rabbit front clip and fenders?? |
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nwester
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Joined: January 11, 2012
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Location: Kelso, WA
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Your not alone nwester! I also live in Kelso. Gidget stays indoors most of the year and only comes out when it's nice. She's definitely spoiled. If you'd like to get together for a beer at the house and let them meet, let me know.
For everyone else... If it ever got to the point where we all wanted to try and have a gtg (PDXers, wet westies and anyone else) but without the camping, there is a large park (Riverside Park) just off of exit 42 on I-5. Not quite half way between everyone, but close. There would be enough parking for everyone, jungle gyms for the kids, fields for the dogs to run and even a couple of geocaches if you're into that. |
So glad to hear from a fellow vanagon Kelsonian! Your van is gorgeous! We too keep our Westy indoors - our only vehicle that gets that privilege. GoGo is not as pristine looking as Gidget, but she's pretty close 
Please do tell what local mechanic/shop you trust, if any, to work on your Vanagon. I actually saw another Westy in Longview (for sale in front of his house), so I stopped and talked to him and he said he uses Northwest Auto Specialist. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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ChilliConCarnage
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Hey - Why do we always wait to have the GTG when the weather has turned for the worse?
I'd like to propose an earlier GTG this year - maybe towards the end of October? We had fairly mild weather in October last year.
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pnwkayaker
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Joined: April 01, 2008
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Location: Sammamish, WA
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Hey - Why do we always wait to have the GTG when the weather has turned for the worse?
I'd like to propose an earlier GTG this year - maybe towards the end of October? We had fairly mild weather in October last year. |
That's a great idea, last year was too wet in December
If nobody jumps with a different proposal, I can try to coordinate with the Marymoor Park people for sometime the second half of October.
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mpabegg
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Location: Ballard, WA
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The NW VW Club's 2013 Fall Fling is Sunday, October 20, 2013 @ 10:00AM
XXX Root Beer Drive-In
98 NE Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027
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pnwkayaker
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The NW VW Club's 2013 Fall Fling is Sunday, October 20, 2013 @ 10:00AM
XXX Root Beer Drive-In
98 NE Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027 |
Now I remember why I didn't set up the Marymoor meetup on October. The meetup at the XXX Root Beer is very nice, lots of VW including Vanagons and other buses. Food is not bad either 
Will try to setup a meetup in Marymoor later in the year, don't need to have two meetings so close to each other - however, it would be awesome if somebody organizes another gathering too.
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Gr8White
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Location: Kelso, Wa
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Your not alone nwester! I also live in Kelso. Gidget stays indoors most of the year and only comes out when it's nice. She's definitely spoiled. If you'd like to get together for a beer at the house and let them meet, let me know.
For everyone else... If it ever got to the point where we all wanted to try and have a gtg (PDXers, wet westies and anyone else) but without the camping, there is a large park (Riverside Park) just off of exit 42 on I-5. Not quite half way between everyone, but close. There would be enough parking for everyone, jungle gyms for the kids, fields for the dogs to run and even a couple of geocaches if you're into that. |
So glad to hear from a fellow vanagon Kelsonian! Your van is gorgeous! We too keep our Westy indoors - our only vehicle that gets that privilege. GoGo is not as pristine looking as Gidget, but she's pretty close
Please do tell what local mechanic/shop you trust, if any, to work on your Vanagon. I actually saw another Westy in Longview (for sale in front of his house), so I stopped and talked to him and he said he uses Northwest Auto Specialist. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! |
I try to do all the work on Gidget myself but if I need help I phone a friend. There's a guy that lives in Longview (happens to be German) that works on all vw engines. The man is a walking Bentley. He is an incredible resource. He helped me rebuild Gidget's engine. Truth be told, he did it himself and let me turn a few wrenches. He has a day job so takes on vw jobs on the side when he has the time. If you ever want or need his number pm me.
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pnwkayaker
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:37 pm Post subject: NW VW Club 2013 Fall Fling |
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Apologies for the delay, but I've been very busy at work and school this last week. Below are some of the pics that I took at the VW Fall Fling at the XXX Root Beer in Issaquah, WA. There were lots and lots of VW vehicles, if you were there and took more pictures, please add them here, these are the only ones I took with vans in them.
This was not a Vanagon/Eurovan specific event, it was overcrowded by VW Beetles and other more modern VW cars that I'm not very familiar with. I saw perhaps 10-15 Vanagons including AJ's l expedition-ready Syncro Doka that he bought from the UK (the orange one in the pictures).
BTW, I think that there's going to be a be a Beetle in my future, they're really cool!
Sometime next week I'll contact the people at Marymoor Park to coordinate the Vanagon meetup for the week after Thanksgivings.
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pnwkayaker
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Crankey
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I don't know who it was but this was there too... 
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ratdogfreak
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| Hello! My name is Jason I am a brand new Seattle (Highland Park) cult member. We just purchased an '84 Westy. Look forward to diving head first into your culture & meeting some of you in the future. |
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Corwyn 
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Location: Olympia, Washington
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ratdogfreak
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| Welcome aboard. See you at the meetup? |
i would absolutely love to be there, but we will be down in the bay area that same weekend. next time for sure. |
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turbotransporter
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Location: Bainbridge Island WA
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Spring into camping season!
WetWesties @ Fort Flagler April 11&12
more info:
http://wetwesties.org/calendar/ |
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Corwyn
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adamjjohn203
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I'll be there for Saturday night👍
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thisguyfel
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http://instagram.com/p/q0Bo0QmlqO/
All Make, Model, Year, Condition Campervan meet up this Sat, July 26, 5pm-830pm
Triple X Rootbeer // MULE Expedition Outfitters
98 NE Gilman Blvd, Issaquah, WA 98027
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ChilliConCarnage
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Any chance of making this year's meet earlier than in the past? It has been so cold the past two years. An earlier meet (end of Sept. or early Oct?) should see milder temps.
In fact, last year I was attempting to ready our Westy to go to the meet and tried to wash it. The weather was so cold that the soap/suds turned to ice before I could rinse them off. I ended up not going as a result.
Also, in the past, the meet has coincided with major Seahawk games, so it would be nice to keep that in mind as well.
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pnwkayaker
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Agree, I've been thinking of moving it earlier too (I also froze my butt last year). I'm however swamped trying to finish my final project at school (2 more weeks, yeah!) so I won't be able to even look at it until I'm done.
The Seahawks are definitely a problem, they're playing so well that nobody wants to miss a game
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