Looks like a lot of fun, Ian. My dad bought one of those when I was a kid
and we did a lot of camping. I believe it had the same air-cooled engine as
the VW Bug: about 60 hp with a 0-60 mph time of about two weeks. But we
didn't care, it was a lot of fun. I wish we had more options for diesels
over here. They are coming but it is a slow process.
Charlie
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:13 AM, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After a discussion with my CFO we have decided the time has come to swap
> the landrover for something that better suits our lifestyle.
>
> When I bought the original white defender, it was before Cai was born
> and the plans to travel through Africa etc was more than pipe dreams.
> However when I bough the white one basic no aircon electric windows etc
> I really always wanted an orange G4 edition and a few years ago I bought
> one, but it was a big mistake, carpetted,air con, electric everything -
> it was just too nice to use especially in a landrover defender type of
> way, that coupled with the realisation that any expeditions would need
> to be in Europe - at least for now due to Cai meant something different
> was required.
>
> Last year we bought a dream cottage in North Wales so we will mainly be
> commuting back and forth for the next few years - I would love to retire
> there now but that is not a possibility, at least for the near future so
> as eldest stepson wants a car it seemed to make sense that he had my
> wifes and she gets a newer one, then we decided that as she always
> wanted a camper van we should sell the landrover and get one of those.
>
> Having convinced her that the old ones although invoking more romantic
> notions would be actually a noisier and less reliable choice than the
> landrover a new one was specced.
>
> we have opted for a VW California Beach 4x4 with locking rear diff 7
> seats external power hookup, popup roof aux heating etc.. in sandy
> beige - a baby moosembile. Its a bit of a wait but they are doing a
> special edition with usefull extras and very low leasing finance at the
> moment so its the right time to take teh plunge especially as we can
> specify it exactly as we want and its only a couple of thousand more
> than an equivalent second had one.
>
> We wanted the beach rather than one with a permanent kitchen - there are
> a lot of German suppliers who do lift in/out combined kitchen sink and
> cooker units so now we just have to wait, unfortunately it wont arrive
> before our summer holidays butit will be in time for a test trip to
> Munich for Oktoberfest :-)
>
> <https://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/range/camper-vans/california-beach/>
>
>
> Now I have finished looking into that and work is hopefully quietening
> down I can maybe get back to taking some Photos. I have also sort of
> acquired a gallery of sorts, Kerstin will along with another start her
> own praxis (dietician and alternative medicine) and as I am liable for
> her part of the rent I said I would like to hang some photos for sale in
> the waiting room and corridors, now I just need to select some and get
> them printed up. It will only cost me the printing and you never know
> someone may like one otherwise I hope they at least enjoy them while
> they wait
>
> IanW
>
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