POLL: Average Age of a Cali Owner?

[Californiaman]

Lol! Matt's back..

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[Loz]

Most SE owners need a tea break whilist they wait for the RAC to arrive and repair the faulty electric roof.

And beach owners need to find a cafe as they can't boil water for tea whilst they wait for the AA to jump start their flat battery.

 

[bournemouthbeach]

Morning keep them coming... ☺

We are Beach owners just realised I was 37 when JED arrived... ☺

On the SE/Beach each to there own both VW both excellent both sleep 4 and get you from a to b just one can boil a kettle without mains, and keep you toasty warm with the heater as standard... ☺

Shaun

 

[MattBW]

Bought when I was 40, now 41.

Got a beach because we already had 2 other VW campervans, and wanted a more versatile vehicle.

 

[bigmac77]

Bought when I was 41, currently 42.

 

[Bellesca]

Bought in March2015 when aged I was 53 and hubby 56. We also were waiting for retirement but decided we couldn't wait. Best decision ever

 

[wyn]

My wife and I were both 52 when after years of backpacking, bikepacking and camping with a trailer tent we bought a Brazilian T2 from Danbury. 6 years later we sold the T2 and bought a California in order to enable us to travel further afield in greater comfort.

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[Joker 1299]

Where do you find the time to use the Cali

We don't have the Cali yet, current van is a Caravelle. Oh, and a Ducati each.

 

[LowMan]

Felt like 105 before buying, now feel 21 again!

 

[VW Cali]

And beach owners need to find a cafe as they can't boil water for tea whilst they wait for the AA to jump start their flat battery.

Huh?

 

[soulstyledevon]

Huh?

I didn't quite get it either, but God loves a trier

 

[T6Beach]

???

 

[larrylamb]

..... whereas the Beach was designed for much younger crowd

Or an older person still thinking they are in the younger crowd.

 

[T6Beach]

I am 56, am I the oldest Beach owner on this forum? Maybe I am having a mid life crisis? ( this is what I had before the Cali)

 

[VW Cali]

I am 56, am I the oldest Beach owner on this forum? Maybe I am having a mid life crisis? ( this is what I had before the Cali)

That's a 360.

Real crisis is a 458/488 and much bigger muscles! So I think you never managed a proper mid life crises.

 

[Skinnee D]

Most SE owners need a tea break whilist they wait for the RAC to arrive and repair the faulty electric roof.

Apparently RAC are specially trained on how to fit the roof emergency tiedown strap. We'll be far too busy drinking tea for such things

 

[VW Cali]

And beach owners need to find a cafe as they can't boil water for tea whilst they wait for the AA to jump start their flat battery.

Ocean owners have to drive around for ages looking for clean water supply to make tea, while googling psychologists to get treatment for worries about Legionnaire's disease.

Then the smaller bed downstairs gives them the distinctive hunched shoulders and back of Ocean honours. Their love life, assuming they had any, grinds to a halt!

In contrast, Beach owners the handsome bronzed athletic types, windswept hair and carefree attitude.

Ocean owners lose all this for a theoretical opportunity for a cuppa tea!

 

[VW Cali]

Apparently RAC are specially trained on how to fit the roof emergency tiedown strap. We'll be far too busy drinking tea for such things

You forgot about the digestive biscuits, and necessary laxative at Ocean owners age!

 

[soulstyledevon]

I am 56, am I the oldest Beach owner on this forum? Maybe I am having a mid life crisis? ( this is what I had before the Cali)

Where can I get a pair of those shoes from...???

 

[Skinnee D]

You forgot about the digestive biscuits, and necessary laxative at Ocean owners age!

And our necessary Thetford toilet to go with our necessary laxative

 

[steve and lisa]

Where can I get a pair of those shoes from...???

I think that picture would look better if he was wearing fur lined crocs

 

[calikev]

Where can I get a pair of those shoes from...???

Is that Peter stringfellow

 

[GrannyJen]

Childhood was a time not nice
A council estate,violence, drugs and vice
Then authority slammed me in a children’s home
and took away my freedom to roam

Then late in my teens, outside I went,
and bought myself a little tent,
Over hills and mountains I did tramp
and found my soul in my little camp

Then an age when time was not that free,
Raising my boys, studying for a degree
However to get away whenever we can
We crammed into a small caravan

My boys grew up, we continued to roam
and bought ourselves a motorhome
Then an offer, university, Oregon state
Winnebago? Sorry, I do not rate

Too big, too clumsy, easy to bash,
frankly it ended up looking like trash,
So when I crossed from West to East,
I finally got rid of the crumpled beast

An English Lady? Students expected to greet
Someone demure and terribly sweet,
and then onto campus she did arrive
with a trailer pulled by a 4 wheel drive

5 years in the Dominion state
then back to England and something great
A caravan made by Van Royce
In fact two, stuck for choice!

Age was finally taking it’s toll
But still I couldn't wait for the wheels to roll
Cancer came and went, of my life I took stock
There were still some years left so lets rock!

A tent was out, motorhomes suck
The caravan dealer was out of luck
I wanted to explore, have fun, be free
there really was only a camper for me

My body might have the wear and tear of age
but my brain feels released, as if from a cage
I cannot tell you how young it feels
When being wafted along on Albert’s wheels

It does not matter the type of steed
for the cali is a noble breed
T5, T6, Beach or SE,
to have a cali is to feel young and free

 

[Joker 1299]

You're only as old... as... you feel!

 

[John.s]

I'm 53 my wife is 21 or that's what she said to put don't know how that works because we have been married for 33 years!!