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Nuthin2It Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2011 Posts: 306 Location: Marietta, GA
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:47 am Post subject: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Today marks that day that I have owned my 1985 Westfalia for ½ my life. I bought it 34 years and 10 months ago. It's hard to imagine how different things would have been had I not decided to buy that steel box so many years ago.
Last month we reached another milestone: the odometer turned 300,000 miles. I particularly like the fact that it happened a couple of hundred miles east of Seattle on a 7,000 mile round trip from metro Atlanta.
How long have you owned your Vanagon? _________________ 1985 Westfalia 15 degree EA288 Boxeer |
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dobryan Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2006 Posts: 16505 Location: Brookeville, MD
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Gnarlodious Samba Member
Joined: September 28, 2013 Posts: 2323 Location: Adobe Jungle USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:09 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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19 years. Got it for free from my parents just to haul it away, it was dead and parked in their yard for 6 years. Put a rebuild engine in it and have lived in it ever since. _________________ Vanagon ’83 diesel AAZ w/Giles injection, 5spd 4.57R&P+TBD and a '78 diesel Rabbit |
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syncroserge Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2005 Posts: 553 Location: Okotos, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:31 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Nuthin2It wrote: |
It's hard to imagine how different things would have been had I not decided to buy that steel box so many years ago.? |
x10 on that
Bought our syncro westy new in june of '91...after the one we got new in june '89 was stolen..so over 28 years now.
So I am also at the half my life has had on Vanagon in it..
'91 has 365 000 miles on it..combined mileage of both vans ~ 390 000 miles.
Wife retires from teaching in a couple of years..plan was always to go full time in the van then.
This will start with a +30 year old vehicle with ~ 400 000 miles on it...that idea did not sound so goofy when I was younger
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:32 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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1989 Bluestar -- 15 years _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik? |
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ZsZ Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2010 Posts: 1647 Location: Budapest Hungary, Europe
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:35 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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just got it since 2006 so for 13 years.
I was 24 so almost for third of my life I am a vanagon owner _________________ Zoltan
1.9 MTdi 2wd Multivan (ex Caravelle)
Van since 2006, engine since 2008 |
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VdubVanner Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2017 Posts: 734 Location: Cowtown AB
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:41 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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1989 Westy, 25 years and counting as second owner. It's currently being resurrected/renovated to last me out as my final ride. _________________ "Fritz", a temperamental and unforgiving 1989 Westy that proudly bears his German flags and status as a member of the exclusive GoWesty Belly Flop Club.
1989 Westy Makeover: GoWesty 2.3L Engine plus plus plus https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0 |
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kamzcab86 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 26, 2008 Posts: 7925 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:34 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Brought it home February 2010
Fourth owner
Currently at 195,000 miles _________________ ~Kamz
1986 Cabriolet: www.Cabby-Info.com
1990 Vanagon Westfalia: Old Blue's Blog
2016 Golf GTI S
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - 孔子 |
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silversync Samba Member
Joined: September 01, 2005 Posts: 185 Location: San Pasqual Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:47 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Bought an '89 Bluestar new and it was our family car for 10 years.
Now an '89 Syncro for 14 years.
Really cool to see so many very long-time owners. _________________ Roland: '89 Syncro, '02 911 C4S, '10 Audi A4 Avant |
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shadetreemech Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2005 Posts: 777 Location: Claremont, CA
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:50 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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My wife and I bought an '84 GL in '90 from the original owners with 60K on it. We each had kids and were expecting one of our own. It was her daily driver until 2005 when a burnt valve and years spent underneath and bent over the engine compartment said it was time for another car. Got her a 2001 Volvo V70 T5. Not sure what it is about me and vehicles that demand attention. Still have the '84 after 29 years and an additional 135K miles. Still have the Volvo, too.
Bought an '88 Westy in September of last year as part of my therapy after my wife passed away. The therapy's working! I recently recruited a Co-Pilot/Navigator. She'll be with me in the Westy next week in Joshua Tree for my 68th Birthday and doesn't mind being in a Van with my wife's name on it. So, I've had the Westy all of a year and a bit.
The '84 is starting to look a lot like a Donor Van.
Dan _________________ '84 GL 1.9
'01 Volvo V70 T5
'88 Westy - "MZDRTHY" |
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Ahwahnee Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2010 Posts: 9810 Location: Mt Lemmon, AZ
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:34 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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30 years with ours and still enjoy every trip in it.
We completed the first Moon Unit two years ago and are now 10% of the way back to Earth.
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heidi85ho Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2009 Posts: 298 Location: Williamsburg,Virginia
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:14 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Purchased in 1990
Replaced engine at 160,000 with vw factory rebuilt 1.9
Replaced engine at 400,000 with FAS genV jetta 2.0
Heading for half a million miles! _________________ 85 westy-1.9-standard trans, FAS GenV 2.0 |
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SyncroButter Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2016 Posts: 383 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:24 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Syncro Westy since January 2016, Tristar Doka since August 2018. _________________ Grant
In the stable: 1986 Syncro Westfalia/Bostig, 1989 Doka Tristar, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1963 Solex 2200, 1938 Buick Special
Gone but not forgotten: 1989 Porsche 944, 1973 Standard Beetle |
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bobbyblack Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2015 Posts: 4351 Location: United States, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:32 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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1970 Beetle in '82, did a pan-off that didn't last, but the engine came out and went into a '67 Westy SO42 that I traded in 2015 for Flossie my '87 full Westy. So, technically, just 4 years. Spiritually though, I guess a long time. Sure, there were others that came and went, but my daily drive Westy's have always held my heart Haven't been without at least one Westy since '86!! _________________ '87 Westy 'Flossie','86 Westy 'R1','86 tintop GL - Subi2.2 'J2','83.5 stock tintop L 'ZoomBus','74 Karmann Ghia, '63 Notch |
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offthewallace Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2008 Posts: 21 Location: On the Road...
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:04 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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30 years
Picked it up new in June of 1989 from Campbell Nelson VW in Edmonds. I just wish I had thought to take a picture! _________________ Jeff w
1989 Wolfsburg
2212 WBX - Manual |
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PDXWesty Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2006 Posts: 6247 Location: Portland OR
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:07 am Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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1977 Riviera Camper 1995-2002
1989 Vanagon Westy 2002-2006 (totaled)
1989 Vanagon Westy 2006-present
Total ownership 25 years _________________ 89 Westy 2.1 Auto |
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3582 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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Hah, I'm the Baby in this group.... 1 year and 1 month, and counting.....It just feels like Dog Years with all the renovation work to bring the Bus back to full health... _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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SCM Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2011 Posts: 3119 Location: Bozeman MT
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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jlrftype7 wrote: |
Hah, I'm the Baby in this group.... 1 year and 1 month, |
Gosh, at 9 years (this month), you're the only one in this group that I beat! _________________ '91 Westfalia GL Automatic (GTA "Turbo" Rebuild w/Peloquin) and 2.3L GoWesty Engine |
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Wolfram Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Waiheke Island/On The Road USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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December 2001>
So ~18 years.
291,000 miles.
Sweet-as. _________________ 88 Westy, '07 EJ25 Vanaru.
Either van-less on Waiheke Island in New Zealand where we spend the Southern summer, or Wolfram is in Seattle/Olympia in storage. |
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khughes Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2013 Posts: 747 Location: Phoenix AZ
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: How Long Have You Owned Yours? |
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'68 Bus, 4 years (off to another owner)
'78 Westy, 6 years (self-immolated )
'86 Westy, 27 years and counting. Bought at 95K with head reseal, Tiico conversion 100K later, FAS GenV NA 50K later, Turbo added after 10K.
Also can't imagine a bus-free life anymore, not after 40 years. Reckon we're all nuts _________________ '86 Westy FAS GenV Turbo (Marvin) |
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