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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:49 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

So, definitely not trying to dissuade you in any way, but if you want something turn-key with good parts availability and decent mileage why not get a basic Ford or Chevy Class C motorhome? Even an older one with a bit of character...

Sure it may smell a bit, but old Bays smell like burning oil and stale hippie. Plus decent parts can be hard to find sometimes.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:56 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

One question, is your Sweetie okay with long drives in a Bay?
You’ve narrowed your choices to late Bays, has she sat and ridden/driven in one?
They are different than a Vanagon and not as much room.
The parts quality caution comments are a sad and frustrating thing too since you want to do a repair right the first time, but the available part doesn’t last as long as the original stuff did,..... Brick wall Brick wall d'oh! d'oh!
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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 4:19 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

jlrftype7 wrote:
One question, is your Sweetie okay with long drives in a Bay?


She's the reason I ended up in a Syncro, to begin with. Having been a teenie-bopper during the Partridge Family era, she wanted a loaf. I recalled freezing in an air-cooled VW, so, the first time out, we compromised on a Sunroff Vanagon. Vanagons are pains-in-the-ass. but I like their footprint.

Thanks, jlrftype, perhaps it is time for a sea change. I'm well beyond that "On the Road" phase of life especially if I have to go scrounging for parts to stay on the road.

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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 5:21 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

cmonSTART wrote:
why not get a basic Ford or Chevy Class C motorhome?


Thanks for the advice. The one thing I know is that I do not want a lumbering American RV. I think they're too ponderous.

The new Dodge (Fiat) City is now in the running, especially with my woodworking skills. I could outfit the interior to be like a wooden sailboat, something I've hankered to do.

I need sleeping accommodations, not much more. We will eat in restaurants.

Thanks, again to one and all.

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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 6:52 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

Hello,
That sounds like a great idea.
Buy a Dodge.... you will fit in just fine, with that "new type" of Van Life crowd.
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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 2:25 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

Angus II wrote:
Hello,
That sounds like a great idea.
Buy a Dodge....


Thanks for the endorsement. After more than three decades of prepping a van for a month before a trip, packing all the tools I might need, and constantly having that feeling of "What, next?" in the pit of my stomach, I just want to hop in a van and go somewhere.

You're right, an air-cooled is no answer. Although I will miss a stick, I won't miss pondering a Vanagone's hose diagram.

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 5:21 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

secretsubmariner wrote:
That "beater who owns this van" came forward,


Put the air brakes on, big fella. I didn't see anyone "coming forward " here, I saw some guy getting caught.

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

andrewtf wrote:
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..... that question was his 5th total post.... (which leads me to other conclusions about the poster)


Well, Inspector Clouseau, since it seems to matter to you, I have about 100 more posts and 7 years more with TheSamba than even you under the name RicoS. My OG account was purged due to inactivity which leads to the new one.

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 6:17 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

if you want the details

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=725468&highlight=cheese+sticks
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:46 pm    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

RichieS wrote:

Put the air brakes on, big fella. I didn't see anyone "coming forward " here, I saw some guy getting caught.

Richie (near Thr Burgh)


Don't be such an @sshole. We weren't born yesterday and neither were you.
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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2021 5:28 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

RichieS wrote:

...I have about 100 more posts and 7 years more with TheSamba than even you...


That yellow Westy was for sale in 2015 and 2018, where were you then?

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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

skills@eurocarsplus wrote:
if you want the details


Thanks, skills. For once a low-life gets his just deserts. Gotta love that fake look of bewilderment he assumes when he is confronted.

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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:16 am    Post subject: Re: What Year? Reply with quote

airschooled wrote:
That yellow Westy was for sale in 2015 and 2018, where were you then?

Robbie


Not here . . . obviously.

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