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jbuhler send-off
Yesterday we had our Westy community send-off at Ocean Beach. There were two blue Westies, FOUR maroon ones, two brown ones, a cream-colored one, and several white ones. Me in…
New transmission
The auto transmission in the Pony had been hesitating when going from 2nd to 3rd when hot. For the last year or so. The Pony’s main mechanic, Art in Richmond,…
Data collection
I’ve been using RoadTrip, an iphone app to keep track of the gas mileage of the Westy. One nice thing it does every time you fill up is record the…
important things
We saw this in Holbrook, Arizona: That’s right! A beetle-camper! And it’s for sale, by the way, for $8500. And you can tell I’ve been spending too much time with…
House Improvements
We spent July in the north suburbs of Chicago, at Steph’s parents’ house, among other things, working on the Westy. Here are some of the improvements we made: – Took…
Westy drought
After seven days on the road, we’ve finally gotten ourselves back to California. We haven’t escaped the heat, though. The heat has followed us all the way: through St. Louis…
the cult of Westfalia
Westy owners are a special breed of people. They tend to be mostly mechanically-inclined men and their supportive female counterparts. They like to go places. And not only do they…
Heating up
We traveled across the country with the heat wave. We took I-80 through the salt desert. It hit a hundred degrees in Salt Lake City that day, where we spent…
first days
Juan loves driving the Pony. Of the 2,300+ miles we drove, he allowed me to drive about 300. The man is a driving machine. We passed the time by listening…