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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:15 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:34 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

I watched one minute of the video and I have 3 questions:

1. Why is he pushing the bus? Again, he has a Pat Downs build….If I had to work on my engine/transaxle as much as this guy, I’m pretty sure my builder would smack me upside the head and tell me to buy a sprinter.

2. Why is the bus so empty, where is all his stuff? I use my bus all the time, the cabinets only hold so much stuff.

3. Why are we posting about this guy? Any press is good press.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:54 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:48 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

richparker wrote:
I watched one minute of the video and I have 3 questions:

1. Why is he pushing the bus? Again, he has a Pat Downs build….If I had to work on my engine/transaxle as much as this guy, I’m pretty sure my builder would smack me upside the head and tell me to buy a sprinter.

2. Why is the bus so empty, where is all his stuff? I use my bus all the time, the cabinets only hold so much stuff.

3. Why are we posting about this guy? Any press is good press.



He is at home exploring the Island he grew up on. Im sure the pushing was when his starter or battery some shit went bad.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:07 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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Over 41488 views to my thread Dancing Applause Laughing Laughing


where do we send the check?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:42 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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I’m still laughing at this one! Haven’t had time between wiping the beer i spit out on my screen, and re-checking my own member size, to continue on…
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:46 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

We got some new kids on the block in their 1979 Westfalia Van. They start here local - so maybe Ill run into them?


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

Where’s all there stuff? They got no clothes, no shoes, no jackets, no bedding, no food, no camping gear. My bus only looks like that when it’s empty and I drive it to work. Even then it still has a ton of shit in it.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:47 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

Nice Riviera their calling a Westfalia van bus whatever, they got there. Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:05 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:34 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

Looks like you can make some serious money with it!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:34 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

First time bus owners. What could go wrong? Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:11 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

As a first time bus owner (73 Panel) back in the early 90s (bought for a open-ended trip around NA), in the first 2 years of ownership:

* I had to rebuild the engine twice - once when I got it and the 2nd in year 2 after the oil pump failed on route in Colorado
* I had to replace the transaxle once due to forgetting to re-grease the pilot bearing (thankfully I was in Oregon and there were lots of transaxles available on the cheap)
* Drove 25,000 miles
* Drove from the West coast of Oregon to Halifax Nova Scotia in 52 hours only stopping for gas & food and switch drivers
* Accidentally flipped the bus onto its side on the mud flats of the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Laurence.
* Met some great people wherever I went
* Made $0 from the trip but have a lifetime of memories = priceless
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:18 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

They looked like they just bought it yesterday.

It's always a surprise when you turn the key. Will it start? Will it burst into flames? Who knows. Fun.

ETA: I guess the Bus fun didn't last long. They drove to Sequoia and camped in a tent.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:27 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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Looks like you can make some serious money with it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvdGpHhdDxI


Oh wow. Was always curious on how it all exactly works.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:34 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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It's always a surprise when you turn the key. Will it start? Will it burst into flames? Who knows. Fun.

Sounds like Tom Cruise as Barry Seal in American Made.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:01 pm    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

did anyone notice all the grease and grime under their fingernails? or the scars on their foreheads from sitting up too soon while descaling the underside of said wanderlust favfromuven bus?


me either.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 12:08 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

How do I get the snow off it?
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Don't tell them. Let them figure out on their own where the roof heater switch is located.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:59 am    Post subject: Re: GoFundMe WanderLust Vanlife Projects Reply with quote

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did anyone notice all the grease and grime under their fingernails? or the scars on their foreheads from sitting up too soon while descaling the underside of said wanderlust favfromuven bus?


me either.


No, because millennials know how gloves work.

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