Jez
Just Starting,again!
Hi All,
I've had my 2007 California 4 weeks now, fourth VW van ranging from 1972 T2 in Australia to a T3 van and a LT28 in lovely brown! Was going for a new crew cab T6 but fell in love with the "stealth camper". Black, grey leather, 120km recent new clutch and reconditioned gearbox. I've put in a new audio head unit that gives me bluetooth and a rear camera and put in front parking sensors. I've got a black awning on order as it had none and front carpets, rear downstairs topper also on order. I've just got a Vango Kymer awning which I haven't put up yet so should practice. Oh yes the van came with 20" wheels which were awful, looked too big,rubbed on full lock, was a strain on the clutch and were to rigid and gave a ride that would be great in downtown LA but on bog roads in Ireland, just NO. So today I swapped for 18" and its like a different car, smooth and easier to drive, so I'm happy. Now the niggles, the rear tambour door is broken, I know I can buy a new one but I'll make do, first swivel of the drivers seat cut through the airbag cable, it's happened a few times by the look of the tape and marks! It'a a 1.9 not a 2.5 and is all in metric so I'm doing 8.5l/100km which is nice to now! The previous owner still had the plastic on the upstairs mattress but managed to scratch all the inside of the windscreen with a big diamond ring! The bodywork is great but there are scratches when I clean it so I suppose thats the joy of Black. The fridge lid is very loose and the piston is not connected so is in the glove box. I was always a keen camper when I lived in Wales, down the Gower most weekends but living and working in Ireland gave me a family instead but now my girls are 9 and 7 and my wife is on board we're going exploring Ireland and off to France for 2 weeks. My main question for everyone is I'm using it as a daily drive say 52 miles round trip, and it's such a nice drive I'm doing all the smaller drives so what sort of milage are you doing and is there a service indicator or shall I go off the last stamp in the book! Sorry for long post! Jez
I've had my 2007 California 4 weeks now, fourth VW van ranging from 1972 T2 in Australia to a T3 van and a LT28 in lovely brown! Was going for a new crew cab T6 but fell in love with the "stealth camper". Black, grey leather, 120km recent new clutch and reconditioned gearbox. I've put in a new audio head unit that gives me bluetooth and a rear camera and put in front parking sensors. I've got a black awning on order as it had none and front carpets, rear downstairs topper also on order. I've just got a Vango Kymer awning which I haven't put up yet so should practice. Oh yes the van came with 20" wheels which were awful, looked too big,rubbed on full lock, was a strain on the clutch and were to rigid and gave a ride that would be great in downtown LA but on bog roads in Ireland, just NO. So today I swapped for 18" and its like a different car, smooth and easier to drive, so I'm happy. Now the niggles, the rear tambour door is broken, I know I can buy a new one but I'll make do, first swivel of the drivers seat cut through the airbag cable, it's happened a few times by the look of the tape and marks! It'a a 1.9 not a 2.5 and is all in metric so I'm doing 8.5l/100km which is nice to now! The previous owner still had the plastic on the upstairs mattress but managed to scratch all the inside of the windscreen with a big diamond ring! The bodywork is great but there are scratches when I clean it so I suppose thats the joy of Black. The fridge lid is very loose and the piston is not connected so is in the glove box. I was always a keen camper when I lived in Wales, down the Gower most weekends but living and working in Ireland gave me a family instead but now my girls are 9 and 7 and my wife is on board we're going exploring Ireland and off to France for 2 weeks. My main question for everyone is I'm using it as a daily drive say 52 miles round trip, and it's such a nice drive I'm doing all the smaller drives so what sort of milage are you doing and is there a service indicator or shall I go off the last stamp in the book! Sorry for long post! Jez
Having problems getting pictures up! The 1.9 was only available in LHD I think but somehow I have a RHD one!
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