Ski RV's, who's sleeping in parking lots?

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03-18-2019, 05:58 AM
Core Shot

I kinda like the gas option.
Mercedes diesel only is great for highway trips, but sucks for short town trips.
03-18-2019, 11:17 AM
irratator

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

I kinda like the gas option.
Mercedes diesel only is great for highway trips, but sucks for short town trips.

Why that perspective?? Cost?, Smell,? Acceleration?
03-18-2019, 11:27 AM
simple

Let me get my popcorn for a diesel versus gas truck discussion.

Btw Ford specifically said the AWD transit (not 4x4) will be gas only for the US, not diesel. The option is now turbo or not turbo engines. Of course turbo is the only answer unless you are a cheap dumb dumb not driving over mtn passes.
03-18-2019, 11:32 AM
mattig

Might be different rationale, but I try to avoid short trips in diesel because I've been told it's not great for the motor. From a practical standpoint, you wouldn't be working it hard enough for the emissions controls to work.

Speaking of emissions controls, modern diesels don't smell. Really shocked by the total absence of diesel smell with my rig. Only thing we notice is DPF if I'm letting it idle for a few minutes after rallying up the mountain. Never get that put-putting around town. That said, if you only put-putting around town, eventually my truck would want to force you to sit through a regen. Never happened to me though. Haven't even been aware of a regen in 5k miles.

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03-18-2019, 11:36 AM
mattig

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Originally Posted by simple

Let me get my popcorn for a diesel versus gas truck discussion.

Btw Ford specifically said the AWD transit (not 4x4) will be gas only for the US, not diesel. The option is now turbo or not turbo engines. Of course turbo is the only answer unless you are a cheap dumb dumb not driving over mtn passes.

Diesel vs gas debate seems to have died down a lot. As a diesel owner, I acknowledge the superiority of gas on many aspects of truck/van camping. Coulda gone either way and been happy.

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03-18-2019, 12:19 PM
Name Redacted

A lot of our local shuttle companies have switched to the gas Transit because they are so much cheaper to maintain than Sprinter. I'd guess they'd go with the AWD when it is available too.
03-18-2019, 06:43 PM
Brownski

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Originally Posted by iriponsnow

Any MRG, Sugarbush beta or recs?

Last I knew MRG didn’t mind if you just parked in the lot and slept as long as you didn’t get in anybody’s way. It’s been a couple years and I just have a pickup with a cap, nothing conspicuous, but I don’t imagine that has changed.
03-18-2019, 06:47 PM
Brownski

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The Vanagon thing blows me away. I think GoWesty is to blame for creating the $80k synchro Westy market. I believe they sell them to people, then buy them back after they do their bucket list Instagram trip.

I have had an '85 Vanagon for 15 years, and a '72 before that, both of which I lived in for periods. They are cool, but not exactly paragons of modern technology. At this point my VW is chilling in the back yard, appreciating.

I bought my '82 Winnebago Brave about 12 years ago, lived in it for a few, and have recently gutted and rebuilt the whole interior. It's a much more comfortable and easy to work with platform than a van, for sure. Plus I paid $5k for it way back when. It has broken down twice in 50k miles. Once was The injector pump ($75 on ebay), and then the trans went out ($200 in parts and about 12h of my time to drop and rebuild). The only downsides compared with a Sprinter, IMO, are that it's wider and harder to park, and that it gets 13mpg (but I can buy a lot of fuel with the savings). 4wd would be nice, but it does really well with chains and even without, and again, more money for traveling....

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Like this maybe? -36k for a 1990 and doesn’t even have a propane stove
https://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/c...834266613.html
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03-19-2019, 08:01 AM
alpinevibes

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Like this maybe? -36k for a 1990 and doesn’t even have a propane stove
https://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/c...834266613.html
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BUT it looks coooool on Instagram!

But seriously: one of these days, the bottom will fall out - both the Vanagon market and most Vanagon floors.
03-19-2019, 03:14 PM
Core Shot

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Originally Posted by alpinevibes

BUT it looks coooool on Instagram!

But seriously: one of these days, the bottom will fall out - both the Vanagon market and most Vanagon floors.

Fucking tiny home millennials propping up the camper van market
03-19-2019, 03:39 PM
Tamburello Rouge

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

Fucking NIMBY baby boomers not allowing any affordable housing to be built within a 25 mile radius of their 3500 sq.ft. gated community suburban McMansions fucking up the real estate market.

FIFY
03-19-2019, 05:25 PM
Core Shot

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Originally Posted by Tamburello Rouge

FIFY

Well played, my millennial friend

And yet, there is a huge difference between real estate and a depreciating car
03-19-2019, 06:03 PM
jackattack

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

Well played, my millennial friend

And yet, there is a huge difference between real estate and a depreciating car

Including the cost of entry.
03-20-2019, 12:28 AM
Tamburello Rouge

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

Well played, my millennial friend

And yet, there is a huge difference between real estate and a depreciating car

Not a millennial. I’m actually a forty something homeowner and a landlord. I just see what’s going on around me here in the Bay Area. The younger generation isn’t living in vans because they want to. Many don’t have much of a choice.
03-20-2019, 08:27 AM
LHutz Esq

Van>under bridge

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03-20-2019, 08:37 AM
Flyoverland Captive

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Anybody looking for a slightly used Travato, PM me. A friend in Phoenix is selling this beauty; good deal too:

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03-20-2019, 12:43 PM
byates1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMFTkTSLt6k

hilarious!
03-20-2019, 01:28 PM
mcski

Great take down. I hope that's guys next lyft passenger pukes in the car. Maybe it's happened before and that's another reason for the candle?
03-21-2019, 09:19 AM
AKPogue

Where are some good places to park a van in summit county next week? My buddy whose place I was going to stay at has the flu and I want nothing to do with the flu.
03-21-2019, 09:36 AM
Name Redacted

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Originally Posted by AKPogue

Where are some good places to park a van in summit county next week? My buddy whose place I was going to stay at has the flu and I want nothing to do with the flu.

The first pullout just up the pass from Keystone usually has a bunch of folks camped there. The trailhead parking in Frisco near the second exit can be another option for short stints.
03-21-2019, 11:28 AM
simple

PM that kind of beta please. We don't need every internet detective seeing where we camp please.
03-21-2019, 12:36 PM
Skidog

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Originally Posted by simple

PM that kind of beta please. We don't need every internet detective seeing where we camp please.

yeah they sound like super off the beaten path secrets....

go on now
03-21-2019, 12:41 PM
simple

Sorry I think that is a reasonable request. If you don't know those spots then just leave your opinion at the door. There are not many spots in Summit County.
03-21-2019, 12:50 PM
Skidog

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Originally Posted by simple

Blow me. Try not to use your teeth now baby.

somebody is a baby here...its the one complaining about giving away secrets right off the main road....

ill give ya a hint...these were never secrets.
03-21-2019, 12:58 PM
simple

I didn't call them secrets. They aren't signed as legal. Do you even understand stealth camping?

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