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campism
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| that front bumper is plastic, :roll: |
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danfromsyr
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still don't make it kewl
maybe we need to support this campaign
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1173578
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Anti-fake patina decals Price: $1 each
"Friends don't let friends fauxtina"
Fake patina is lame. Blending in repairs on an already patina'd car is one thing... making your decent car rust or distressing a good car is just retarded.
Show your love and pride of real aged paint with these stickers! Let mother nature handle the paint.
$1 each shipped!
1.5" x 4"
Vinyl with UV-cured inks, which are completely scratch-proof and fade-proof. When applied properly to a clean, dry, smooth surface, these stickers are there to stay.
Fake Patina. Just say no.
I have brown font and white font, both are semi legible, but that was sort of the point...
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BlueGrasser
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0to60in6min
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he doesn't want his van get stolen ! !  |
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Gruppe B
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:28 am Post subject: |
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From a Jalopnik article on the Ten Most Worthless Car Mods, this one:
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Haha my 1992 T4 looks like that without the stick on vinyl.
I didn't know rust belt look is so desirable |
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wcdennis
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I just got an email reminder about Floyd Fest, a yearly music festival in Floyd Virginia. They offer on-site camping and even have a special section for VW campers.
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70coupyel
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A 15 min vid about hitting the road on motorcycles. A vanagon shows up a few times.
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campism
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A 15 min vid about hitting the road on motorcycles. A vanagon shows up a few times.
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Brown Westy passes in the background at about 4:30 and cream Westy parked at an overlook at about 9:30.
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DenverB
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Shameless plug here:
So there's a sweet westy on the cover of Elevation Outdoors magazine this month (not ours):
and an equally-sweet writeup of a trip to Taos from Denver in one of our rental Westies!!! Woo!
http://www.elevationoutdoors.com/the-road-to-taos/
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campism
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Interestingly, they stuck in photos from a Greek wildfire along with the SoCal pix. The Vanagon pix are from Greece and not from the I-15 mountain pass.
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70coupyel
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campism
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:49 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon/EV Articles ~ Magazine, Newspaper, Internet |
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Evidently, this was in an Abercrombie & Fitch ad.
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70coupyel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon/EV Articles ~ Magazine, Newspaper, Internet |
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http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
The latest with SEBASTIAN MANISCALCOl has a Vanagon in it. A very heavy set shirtless guy with a bad tanline is with a very small dog, then a Vanagon goes by. I'm sure someone has seen this van before. 
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| Saying that specs are different than dimensions doesn't make sense. Porsche specs/VW specs/engineering specs are nothing but a series of dimensions,sizes,percentages,measurements, etc. |
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campism
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in Articles ~ Magazine, Newspaper, Internet |
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photogdave
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Another stupid click-bait article.
Comparing the asking price of a completely customized Syncro to a base model Sprinter with no camping features at all is not realistic. The headline is misleading, implying that a new Sprinter is cheaper than an old Vanagon.
Anybody can see that a new vehicle is going to be smarter and safer than a 25-year-old vehicle, so nothing new there.
Then the article goes on to admit that a Syncro has better traction than the 4x4 Sprinter! 
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DwarfVader
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Another stupid click-bait article.
Comparing the asking price of a completely customized Syncro to a base model Sprinter with no camping features at all is not realistic. The headline is misleading, implying that a new Sprinter is cheaper than an old Vanagon.
Anybody can see that a new vehicle is going to be smarter and safer than a 25-year-old vehicle, so nothing new there.
Then the article goes on to admit that a Syncro has better traction than the 4x4 Sprinter! |
Not to mention the fact that the Sprinter has a box... filled with nothing... (or seats I suppose.)
any amenities you want are $$ to the "low cost."
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campism
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in Articles ~ Magazine, Newspaper, Internet |
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After watching a John Hiatt clip on YouTube I tried the browser back button and got this unrelated shot, evidently from a Vanagon vs. Eurovan comparo,
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