What have you done with your California today?

[AndyWT]

bought some paint and painted the rusty spare wheel ,plenty of time on my hands.

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Just a thought, does anyone actually use their spare wheel? or even inspect the tyre?

A bit extreme, when I imported my T4 from Germany 3 years ago it passed customs and Gov transport inspection, spare looked new and fully inflated.

I dropped the spare 1 year later to give it a bit paint, the new tyre was not new by a long way, perished and about to explode, date code was 1999, the van was built July 1999, so I guess it was the original tyre.

Point being tyres have a due date like everything else and with weather becoming hotter rubber & plastics deteriorate faster, any tyre older than 5 years needs inspected regularly.

 

[Wongo]

Is a tyre in the boot a better option? You can fill in the middle with kit.

 

[TripleBee]

Just a thought, does anyone actually use their spare wheel? or even inspect the tyre?

Yes I do. In fact I had to change a flat once. And I took the original tyre off after 3 years (45000 km) so I only had to buy 1 new tyre. Fitted the best worn tyre on the spare wheel.
I blow the spare the same time as I blow the other 4 tyres.
Or am I the only one who does that here?

 

[Moore288]

First trip since the chaos started. Brilliant to get back out and about. Alert but not at home.


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[Vagophile]

Yes I do. In fact I had to change a flat once. And I took the original tyre off after 3 years (45000 km) so I only had to buy 1 new tyre. Fitted the best worn tyre on the spare wheel.
I blow the spare the same time as I blow the other 4 tyres.
Or am I the only one who does that here?

No.

 

[willwander]

First time out since lockdown, great to be back in the van, took the dogs out and had a nice coffee in the middle of nowhere

 

[Vagophile]

First time out since lockdown, great to be back in the van, took the dogs out and had a nice coffee in the middle of nowhere
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The middle of nowhere looks very scenic.

 

[Rowls1958]

First time out since lockdown, great to be back in the van, took the dogs out and had a nice coffee in the middle of nowhere
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Hi what alloys are those ? Thanks

 

[willwander]

Hi what alloys are those ? Thanks

VW Cascavels

 

[Nick Stubbs]

Serviced at the main dealer,(Friday)

 

[Swissian]

A day in the mountains

 

[kurienp]

Oxfordshire, near West Challow. Just parked up for a quick brew. The weather was great and nice views from this spot.

 

[Karlos]

Chased a Sparrow Hawk of the roof which was about to use it as a dinning table.

 

[OGII]

Chased a Sparrow Hawk of the roof which was about to use it as a dinning table.

No chasing this Hawk today....

 

[Nick.C]

No chasing this Hawk today....

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Looks like the Hawk put a target dot on the back of your van!

 

[OGII]

Looks like the Hawk put a target dot on the back of your van!

This was the last of the 9 to land, 5 dots on target!

A real serendipity moment. Noticed them practicing as we passed Lincoln on the ring road, kept getting glimpses as we headed up and past Scampton. Pulled into a side road near the end of the runway and got out with 30 seconds to spare before diamond 9 went directly overhead us at low height, watched them do the end of show burst manoeuvre and then turn back towards us, each landing in turn. Often pass Scampton on way to K's mum, nice to have a trip highlight. Just chores to do now....

 

[Karlos]

This was the last of the 9 to land, 5 dots on target!

A real serendipity moment. Noticed them practicing as we passed Lincoln on the ring road, kept getting glimpses as we headed up and past Scampton. Pulled into a side road near the end of the runway and got out with 30 seconds to spare before diamond 9 went directly overhead us at low height, watched them do the end of show burst manoeuvre and then turn back towards us, each landing in turn. Often pass Scampton on way to K's mum, nice to have a trip highlight. Just chores to do now....

We used to watch them every year at Fowey Regatta, stood on the top of Polruan. They would fly low down the estuary so at times watching from our position you were either level or higher than them, absolutely fantastic but unfortunately no more now.

 

[BrugseB]

Installed my Zoelzer roof rack and went kayaking on the sea.
Super corona investment.
Happy man

 

[TripleBee]

Installed my Zoelzer roof rack and went kayaking on the sea.
Super corona investment.
Happy man

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Were you allowed to go to Zeebrugge?
I hope you had a great time there.

 

[Louis II]

Used it as an uplift service

 

[BrugseB]

Were you allowed to go to Zeebrugge?
I hope you had a great time there.

You can move in order to sport, ask all the kite surfers who come every day; and as we live in Bruges, it"s kind of "our" beach

 

[TripleBee]

I was having a bike tour this afternoon, and the beach and dike of Heist/Duinbergen was overcrowded, less than 1,5 meter apart from each other .
Wasn't fun to drive by.

And I was of course not serious by asking what you were doing there. I just recognised the place where you put your T4.

 

[sapto]

Engstlenalp close to Jochpass/Engelberg. CHF 38.-/2 nights&2adults.

Theres a nearby restaurant with coffee, cake and more.

 

[kurienp]

Drove it 330 miles to Dartmoor and back.

 

[Wild Bob]

Waxed it, hoovered it, waxed it, polished it, SORNed it, looked at it, waxed it, started it, charged it, looked at it...

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Feel your pain same here having only owned it 6 months when lockdown kicked in.