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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:49 pm    Post subject: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

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Me parked near a total strangers bus:

Edit: posted this using old iPhone. Sorry, link not working. Wil fix soon.

Edit: 2 Dark day to appreciate the paint colour involved but here it is image:


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:52 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Link doesn't work, at least not for me, Neil.

But Yeah, whenever we can park next to another bus, we do, with hopes of meeting and BSing if we end up in the lot at the same time.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:56 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

E1 wrote:
Link doesn't work, at least not for me, Neil.

But Yeah, whenever we can park next to another bus, we do, with hopes of meeting and BSing if we end up in the lot at the same time.


ya, posted via old iPhone without using an "app"; used Safari browser. Image should be visible now.

Owner wasn't around but he likely got a laugh.

Of note, I blurred his plate number etc. Paint is not faulty! Wink

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:17 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

There's a new app out that automatically blurs all license plate numbers in real life so criminals will no longer be able do all of those nefarious deeds (simply by using their eyes or their own cameras) that inspire all the blurring of license plate numbers in online photos.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:42 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Wish there was an app to smooth over all the dents and peeling clearcoat on my vehicles.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:47 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Both of those blue vans look good, one off road styling and the other has a bad boy curb appeal

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They seem to attract each other
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:04 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

I usually park in an end spot and far from the door, but had to make exception in August 2015 at Hearst Castle:

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:12 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Zeitgeist 13 wrote:
Wish there was an app to smooth over all the dents and peeling clearcoat on my vehicles.


It’s called “ the classifieds”

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:25 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Fun comments!

But.....

I was hoping someone would notice that both vanagons are slate blue colour. Wink

AFAIK, it's a pretty uncommon colour.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:04 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

I wonder if leaving matching vans alone could result in smaller matching vans.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:09 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

What are the odds!?!?! Laughing


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:15 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

This was at Elkins Resort on Priest Lake a few years back (mine is on the right, the Idaho local is on the left)...

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:25 pm    Post subject: Re: How often does this happen? (Westfalia fun) Reply with quote

Three of a kind, grey '87s.
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