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BlackDogVan
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:55 am    Post subject: Google Street View... hey thats me!! Reply with quote

Well she's gone but not forgotten, now I can go on google everytime I want to visit my old van!! Ahhh sweet old Goldy...


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...3&z=15

Anyone else find their van on google street view??


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BDV - have you found your carat anywhere? I found myself having lunch on the porch... garden in tangles and westy in the drive...


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...5,,0,12.61
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yup...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...37,,0,9.14
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would scare the heck out of me Shocked .....time to remove a camera Twisted Evil . Nothing to hide just don't like big brother having that kind of reach. Privacy is a good thing.
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Just for the heck of it I looked up my address... the picture they have is so old I was not even living there at the time. I guess Im safe for now. lol Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's our old baby...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&....6,,0,4.38
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WW_Victoria wrote:
BDV - have you found your carat anywhere? I found myself having lunch on the porch... garden in tangles and westy in the drive...


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...5,,0,12.61


Warren!! I SEE YOU!! Pretty funny catching you and your van!! That google car must have done a funny austin powers 10 point turn on your street.

I looked for my carat at my GF's house & a few of the other usual suspects without success. I might have been offshore so van would be up at the institute. No love there, too much security.

I think this thread might bring out the tinfoil hat crowd...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw the google car come down the road - by the time it was finished turning around the entire family was on the steps waving... too bad they used the first photo.
I also saw the google car on Craigflower (while driving the caravan)... they used the photos from driving the other direction... my favorite local photo (so far) though is this one, google has to buy gas too:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...87,,0,6.23


I also saw the google car in Duncan while driving the westy home from a camping trip... they were off duty though had the cover over the camera.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:47 pm    Post subject: Where's Gretel? Reply with quote

My Gretel gets to live in the back yard behind a big gate, but that didn't deter the insidious eyes of Google.

They had to resort to a satellite capture of my baby!

Can you find the Westy?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...h&z=20

Bonus points, can you find my neighbor's Sprinter?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I first heard about our current Westy, I went on Google Streetview to see if it was worth going to go look at.

It is kind of cool taking advantage of new technology eh?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&....31,,0,7.8
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GWTWTLW wrote:
Here's our old baby...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&....6,,0,4.38



Totally Portland ~ There is even ANOTHER Westy in the background !
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll join the club
(though they're a little less common in south carolina)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...06.46,,0,5
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Turn around and take a right on Memorial Crescent, what kind of camper is that? poptop retro camper, nice.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, you can see both my vans plus my son's old Golf plus my daughter's old Taurus and my wife's old Hyundai.Plus the front door is open.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=430%20Moll...amp;tab=wl
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

someone could sure steal a lot of westies now ;p haha

all those maps, gone in 60 seconds style lol
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

isotopez wrote:
gone in 60 seconds


At least the diesels will be safe! Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

patruck wrote:
Turn around and take a right on Memorial Crescent, what kind of camper is that? poptop retro camper, nice.


I know, thats a funny little pop top thingy! Who camps in a graveyard! You were looking for the car washer...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do you get the "street view"?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw that in the graveyard. Not that I was looking for the car washer or anything, but I never found her. Now it's like a game of where's Waldo, dammit.

BTW, can't believe Google didn't hit our street in metro Atlanta. Best we get is the satellite view. My yard looks a lot greener than my neighbors, but no van in the driveway. Musta been out cruising that day.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I couldn't find the "pos nissan" Evil or Very Mad either
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Huh, guess they haven't hit my street yet, I can't play.
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