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campism
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I was looking at the local TV listings online and an ad popped up:
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I think the author is a rather big hypocrite
he's part of the very issue he has issues with. (as are we of course)
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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| danfromsyr wrote: |
I think the author is a rather big hypocrite
he's part of the very issue he has issues with. (as are we of course)
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I thought the same thing.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:39 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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That's Josiah, he's a photographer and writer who's been at Solstice the past few years. I was wondering why he had those kids (models?) and their mountain bikes with him this year...
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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I was in Costco last week and saw a stack of air mattresses for sale. On the box the air mattress was depicted in the back of a Vanagon. Seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon these days.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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My new computer doesn't have a DVD drive but last night we watched "The Whistleblower." It's a film about the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after the war and how they got involved in human trafficking and prostitution.
The detective in the film is trying to get a couple girls out of the racket and requests an armored vehicle. she is not able to get one but her partner says, "I can get a vehicle, it's not armored but they built them strong."
He takes her to a Vanagon.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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My new computer doesn't have a DVD drive but last night we watched "The Whistleblower." It's a film about the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after the war and how they got involved in human trafficking and prostitution.
The detective in the film is trying to get a couple girls out of the racket and requests an armored vehicle. she is not able to get one but her partner says, "I can get a vehicle, it's not armored but they built them strong."
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Tried looking the movie up on IMCDB.org and this is the only one I spotted, unnoted in the vehicle listings.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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Tried looking the movie up on IMCDB.org and this is the only one I spotted, unnoted in the vehicle listings.
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Damn, that Rover 3500S is hitting that on ramp HARD!!  
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Being a former Sterling owner, I noticed that immediately.
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What's that in front of the Sinka, is that a 70's Lotus Elite?
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Lotus Eclat, according to the webpage.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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| llilibel03 wrote: |
My new computer doesn't have a DVD drive but last night we watched "The Whistleblower." It's a film about the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after the war and how they got involved in human trafficking and prostitution.
The detective in the film is trying to get a couple girls out of the racket and requests an armored vehicle. she is not able to get one but her partner says, "I can get a vehicle, it's not armored but they built them strong."
He takes her to a Vanagon. |
Tried looking the movie up on IMCDB.org and this is the only one I spotted, unnoted in the vehicle listings.
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I tried to see if I could find it on youtube. There was one version but the image was reversed and cropped. Here is the dialogue's exact words-
"The van just sits here. It’s no problem. It’s not armored like you want but it’s heavy like a tank. It’s OK, they don’t build them like this."
It's at about 41 minutes in.
Spoiler alert-
The van gets destroyed in an abduction.
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Tried looking the movie up on IMCDB.org and this is the only one I spotted, unnoted in the vehicle listings.
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Damn, that Rover 3500S is hitting that on ramp HARD!! |
Or needs new springs.
Sprngs have been on my mind...
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:19 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in electronic media: film, Internet, games, etc. |
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| Lotus Eclat, according to the webpage. |
Its not often you see the words 'Lotus' and 'ugly' together but those cars were butt ugly - to go along with 'completely unreliable'.
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| Jake de Villiers wrote: |
| campism wrote: |
Tried looking the movie up on IMCDB.org and this is the only one I spotted, unnoted in the vehicle listings.
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Damn, that Rover 3500S is hitting that on ramp HARD!! |
Or needs new springs.
Sprngs have been on my mind... |
Those cars look to have had their super soft suspensions tuned by the same guy that did my grandfather's Rover P5 and my friend Alan's 2000TC. It needs anti-roll bars front and rear!!
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What a joke, the owner talks about avoiding money pits like Vanagons and then goes on about the $400,000 vans he's selling. 
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