Showing posts with label Van. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wish List: VW Transporter Rockton 4Motion

A rugged all wheel drive, diesel-powered, manual transmission-equipped new VW van?
Yes please. It's Volkswagen's Transporter Rockton 4Motion van. Equip mine with a "Weekender" package consisting of a fold-down bed, fold-out table, curtains and top it with the most important piece - a pop top to sleep two more.
And of course, bring it to the USA and offer it for less than $39,900. Which will never happen.

It's be a perfect rig for exploring some of the 4WD roads and trails that lay in east San Diego County.

Via Autoblog. Thanks to Mark P. for the tip!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Summer Vacation - Camping Near Ventura

Okay, so it's been a while since I last posted vaca pix and accompanying tiresome stories - amazing that this was almost three months ago. I just realized that I didn't finish up the series so here's part five of six. After we left Santa Cruz and Big Basin S.P., we took the 101 back south. No Hwy 1 this time, although the view is better if you're southbound as you get the outer lane. Since I don't have a strong urge to write at the moment (haven't had much of one all week - as evidenced by the infrequent and exceptionally lame postings of late), I'm going to let the pix tell most of the story...

While camping, we took in some sights, including the visitor's center for the Channel Islands National Park (the actual park is about 22 miles off shore):
Caught sand crabs on the beach:
Hiking and exploring near the dunes:
swing them arms!
Some nice forest fire haze-enhanced sunsets:
And sleeping in the bedroom-on-wheels (EuroVan):
All's well. The next day we headed to the L.A. area to enjoy an architectural masterpiece. More on that later. Hopefully I'll feel more inspired.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

And Now A Word From Our Sponsors

Einen VW-Transporter Muß Man Haben!

From Jalopnik.com: "
When it drives through your typical quaint German village, the early Transporter inhales crowds of pedestrians, construction equipment, stacks of boxes, whatever you got! Of course, with 36 horses clattering around in the back, it wasn't going to move all that stuff very quickly, but odds are you'd reach your destination."

Friday, June 19, 2009

VW California Biker

From the LA Times - "A Dream Van Come True"

A perfect van for my lifestyle.

Californian? Check (but that sounds odd).

"Biker"? Check (although "cyclist" is the preferred term).

Diesel *and* manual for 30 MPG? Sign me up!

Too bad they won't sell it here - not that I could afford the steep price tag anyway.

*sigh*