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RE: Sleeping in Camper Vans Could Be Deadly
I don't know about the nightmare thing, but I have been awakened suddenly, sometimes violently (swatted with a pillow), for snoring. Fortunately, my wife would rather wake me than kill me. (I really hope that restraint continues).
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11/21/09 07:11am |
Class B - Camping Van Conversions
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RE: Hair On My Pillow Pain In My Feet
I'm not actually, technically losing my hair. It's just growing in a whole bunch of new, different places!
I hear ya, mine's decided to move south.
The barber trims my head and cuts the nose and ear hair.What happened?
I think it's gravity and moon phases. Too many moon phases and the hair goes south to retire.
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11/18/09 05:47am |
Class B - Camping Van Conversions
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RE: Hair On My Pillow Pain In My Feet
I'm not actually, technically losing my hair. It's just growing in a whole bunch of new, different places!
I hear ya, mine's decided to move south.
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topless
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11/17/09 01:01pm |
Class B - Camping Van Conversions
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RE: Hair On My Pillow Pain In My Feet
Let's just say, 30 years ago, the word "frisky" would have been a lot more fun in a B like this one. It seems a lot more like work than it used to.
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11/17/09 10:45am |
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RE: Freightliner emblem lost
I lost both the front a rear Freightliner emblems. I called the nearest Freightliner Sprinter Dealer and they had them in stock, I think I paid about $15.00 each and had them the next day. I've never installed them, I cleaned the glue dots off and decided I didn't care if they were on, so I put them in the glove box. If and when I ever sell the van, I'll install them.
Here's a list, but it hasn't been updated since 2007.
Freightliner Sprinter Dealers
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11/16/09 05:56am |
Class B - Camping Van Conversions
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RE: Spare Key for used Gulfstream Vista Sprinter Freightliner
:) Too funny! Thanks for all of the help...we ended up getting in touch with the Chrysler dealer who took the VIN and is going to charge us about $300 for one key that will start the engine and a second key that will open the doors. We looked on ebay and the keys were about $10 cheaper but still needed to be programmed. Man, the dealers really have you "between a rock and a hard place" don't they?!
Yes they do. These are Mecedes Benz underneath and anything dealer is going to cost plenty.
Note to those buying a used Sprinter, check on the keys, if one is missing, knock $300 off the purchase price.
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11/12/09 02:04pm |
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RE: Spare Key for used Gulfstream Vista Sprinter Freightliner
You need to join this forum: http://www.sprinter-source.com/forum/index.php
There is a lot more information there than here about the chassis.
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11/11/09 04:04pm |
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RE: Buying an RV over the Internet . . . Concerns?
I bought my B off e-bay. I called and talked with the dealer, he faxed a copy of the title to me that I took to my banker. My banker called the dealer as well, giving them the check number of the certified check that I was taking to them. I put a $500 deposit on a credit card for the dealer to hold the vehicle until I could get there. I had to travel about 600 miles. The dealer arraigned to pick me up at the local airport (I ended up driving a rental car one way, so they picked me up at the airport car rental). I knew I could get my deposit back because of the credit card, and I had a check for the balance that let me walk away if the van wasn't what it was supposed to be.
If it hadn't worked out, I would just rent a car and drive home.
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11/06/09 10:01am |
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RE: Worry about discrimination because of little "B"
http://wichitaracing.com/forums/images/smilies/catfight.gif
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11/05/09 09:12am |
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RE: Worry about discrimination because of little "B"
I worry since so many people including our neighbors have class A big fancy rigs will we get the stink eye at campgrounds because we arrive in a small unit??
I enjoy my B way too much to care what anybody else thinks. Try parking a big fancy rig in a shopping mall, restaurant or store front street parking. Let me know how that works.
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11/03/09 12:38pm |
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RE: Cost of New Class B's-Why do you want them?
And nobody has even mentioned the convenience of having a bathroom along on those long shopping trips...
Just this morning, pulled out of Golden, Co, once we were out of town, the wife started the genset, dried her hair and used the curling iron, put on her makeup,(it was dark out too) made a fresh cup of coffee, used the bathroom before settling in the passenger seat for the next 3 hours. Try that in a "normal" vehicle. (before anyone too gets excited, we have seat belts at the dinette table.) 535miles later, we're home and I'm back at work. whoopie
but my wife can do the same in my A.
bumpy
Not on less than 26 gallons of fuel.
Besides, I didn't say a rv, I said a normal vehicle, meaning a car, truck or van.
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11/02/09 03:44pm |
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RE: Cost of New Class B's-Why do you want them?
And nobody has even mentioned the convenience of having a bathroom along on those long shopping trips...
Just this morning, pulled out of Golden, Co, once we were out of town, the wife started the genset, dried her hair and used the curling iron, put on her makeup,(it was dark out too) made a fresh cup of coffee, used the bathroom before settling in the passenger seat for the next 3 hours. Try that in a "normal" vehicle. (before anyone too gets excited, we have seat belts at the dinette table.) 535miles later, we're home and I'm back at work. whoopie
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11/02/09 02:24pm |
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RE: Class B vs. Big Rigs
I'm still working on the space - time continuum so I can fit the space of a 40 ft class A in my 22 ft B.
Everything is a compromise; interior room, storing the rig, parking & access, etc. Everyone has to decide exactly which features are most important and which they can do without. Even then situations change and so the do importance of the features.
I can tell you 2 things for sure, I do not want to tent camp again and if that ever changes, my wife will stop going with me.
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11/02/09 02:13pm |
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RE: Cost of New Class B's-Why do you want them?
I considered a small class A, looked at quite a few. Room wise they are about perfect for 2 +2 small dogs. Downside, storing it when not in use, gas engines which get bad mileage (A's are not aerodynamic), and my wife was not comfortable driving them at all. Could have bought one for 1/2 of what we spent on the B the downside of an A was did not overcome the the extra room.
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10/31/09 06:43am |
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RE: The new Dodge van?
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
After Fiat is here for 4-5 years, if they prove to be reliable. Then and only then would I even look at what they have to offer. Besides, I have a lot of years and miles left before I need another van.
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10/28/09 10:47am |
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RE: Highway Restrictions and Vehcile Classification (NY)
Wow, 7'10" isn't tall enough to get a lot of vehicles under around here, much less a B. I don't think I've ever seen a bridge that low on a busy road.
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10/27/09 05:56am |
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RE: The new Dodge van?
I'm sure mahny of us old-timers remember the imported FIATs of the 60's & 70's:
FIAT = Fix It Again, Tony...
I owned 1 Fiat for 7 months, never again, I'd rather walk (actually I had to because it wouldn't run).
A front wheel drive isn't an option for me either, throw the Fiat quality mfg in too, and I can say with absolute certainty, I will never own one.
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10/26/09 08:52am |
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RE: No longer a Moderator
Thank you for your efforts. You have been a fair and considerate moderator and now we have to train a new one.
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10/26/09 05:50am |
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RE: Too chicken to winterize...UPDATE
I do understand the fear of the unknown. Until I bought my B 5 years ago, I had never been in any rv for more than a couple of minutes.
However, learning isn't that hard. I have an idea for you, try doing it yourself, then take it with $45 and have the rv place check it, and tell you if it was done correctly. If not, then have them tell you what you missed.
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10/18/09 09:02am |
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RE: Cost of Fuel and Stratigic Storage
With a diesel, it can always run on veggie oil or waste oil. Just need proper filtering.
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10/17/09 10:43am |
General RVing Issues
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