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TomInAlaska
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Looks like some more snow and maybe freezing rain for the next couple of days so I started the van and let it get good and warm this afternoon. I started to take it for a drive around the neighborhood but quickly pulled back in the driveway after doing some great one wheel peels on the still quite icy street. Something something discretion and valor... 
https://youtu.be/HTZ5FKrWc6Y
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TopBud
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Location: Flagstaff AZ
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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These were driveway shots. just like a previous photo I posted last year. I love how the RMW grill guard looks. I love driving the syncro in the snow and using it as a "ski chalet". We leave early morning to get a spot in the locals lot, cook breakfast, drink coffee and boot up when everyone else is booting up outside!
12/28/2022 Flagstaff
Hopefully, I'll get some after tomorrow's "big storm"
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syncroanddestroy
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Had fun driving in the snow dump we got last week on Vancouver Island
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flomulgator
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Location: Leavenworth, WA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Vans need to be either kept inside or driven regularly here in the Leavenworth, otherwise this happens pretty quickly.
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DuncanS
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Shouldn't this photo be listed under "New hightop ideas"?
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pemz0r
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Location: Huntington Beach
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4Gears4Tires
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Awesome picture!
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nmerrill
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Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Jealous of ya'll driving around in the snow! Brings back some great memories of driving mine around in the snow out west, and in NE.
Mostly though, those memories are replaced by hours and hours of rust and corrosion repair! |
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Walty87
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Unfortunately I forgot to take more pics of my vanagon in the snow..
Anyways, I took the vanagon snowboarding for the first time!
The local ski resort received like 4-6 inches of snow last night, so the roads required chains (unless you had a 4x4). Luckily, I had purchased a cheap pair of cables that fit my 185 85 14 tires perfectly! The van handled great in the snow! Slow and steady. Always makes me laugh when some arrogant 4x4 lifted truck passes me only for me to pass them back up when theyre stuck in the snow bank on the side of the road. But yeah, the van handled better than any other vehicle I’ve ever drove in the snow and it was such a nice convenience having the space to change in and a warm spot to eat lunch. What a luxury haha! |
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JEL91Westy
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Location: Central PA
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Last season in VT. Didn’t make it up for the first dump this year and it has been doing nothing but pissing warm on the east coast since - depressing!
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TopBud
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Flagstaff, AZ 1/15/23 18+ inches storm total.
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djkeev
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my_vw_sucks
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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From this:
To this:
There had been litterally no snow in the Sierras below 7K’ until last night! |
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0cean
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:19 am Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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| TopBud wrote: |
These were driveway shots. just like a previous photo I posted last year. I love how the RMW grill guard looks. I love driving the syncro in the snow and using it as a "ski chalet". We leave early morning to get a spot in the locals lot, cook breakfast, drink coffee and boot up when everyone else is booting up outside!
12/28/2022 Flagstaff
Hopefully, I'll get some after tomorrow's "big storm" |
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termuehlen 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Southern Oregon, Green Springs, Hyatt Lake Region today.
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WiboBusMan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Along the Tomoganops River, New Brunswick.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Heading home in N. Idaho. After many years resisting gravity that tree fell during yesterday's snow. 
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ragnarhairybreeks
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Lovely pic Jim
Cheers
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joetiger
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Vans in the Snow |
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Yesterday morning inside Pigpen...The accelerator cable was frozen stiff.
This morning, a balmy 5 degrees at the office
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