Van Life = Happy Wife!

[A12pilot]

Thanks guys! It was quite a project and glad it's done. Learned a lot, so if I ever need to convert anything else over to RV form, I'll have the know how to do it.

I could drive this right into MCACN and stay back in the corner by the bathrooms! OK, maybe not.

Cheers
Dave

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

c) This massive amount of energy you seemingly possess, and the ability to juggle multiple involved projects: is there a way you could bottle that? Maybe shoot a vial to your closest (internet) friends?

K

I'm convinced there are maybe a half dozen or so little Super Dave clones working 24/7 accomplishing varies tasks simultaneously...

[tom406]

I agree, Sprinter culture really has its own flavor and passions, and it’s an interesting auto subculture. I had to get up to speed during Covid when I started getting requests for appraisals for insurance companies that didn’t know how to value them. The range in quality is huge, as there is a strong DIY contingent who bring their skills, or lack thereof, into the build, and there’s some great professional builders. My favorite was this one, built by a retired luxury home builder who churned out 2 or 3 of these per year. This was a coveted 4wd long wheelbase model that was just small enough to still be useful as an adventure buggy, but had enough space to have a “garage” under the bed to store several mountain bikes and some gear.

[L_e_e]

Same deal here.."Happy Camper, Happy Wife", my wife has always liked camping, me not so much, we used to camp out back in the woods in a tent less than a 1/4 mile from the house and it was great.

Fast forward several years and now she wants a camper and being that she's put up with my severe car and boat acquisitions over the last 3 decades I agree, but I just could not see myself dragging a camper to a location just to sit around a campfire....

So last August on a whim we went and looked at campers and ended up buying a new a 30' toy hauler, which I thought could be a great thing, we also bought a Polaris Razor XP1000 SXS to put in the back with dreams of going and hitting some trails...UGH,(don't get me started on how cheap campers are made and assembled) the lack of accessible trails from the camping sites, making reservations at campsites (huge PITA), people to go riding with...so the Razor has never made it into the camper and we have done several semi local camping designations which was very nice and the Razor just sits in the barn.

But the best thing is that my wife is happy, just watching her setting this camper up is awesome, she has it totally accessorized, organized and color coordinated and it has absolutely everything you could need and imagine, I think they call it "nesting" LOL.. absolutely worth the price.

[A12pilot]

The interesting thing about these Sprinter vans is they are technically “commercial” vehicles for insurance purposes. I was going to call Tami at MK and see if there was a way that it can be classified as an RV now that the conversion is done, but I don’t know what is all involved in that. Would be interesting to chat about.

Kelly has her first pony excursion set for this weekend already!

Oh, and Keith, a bottle of “SuperDave” headed your way!!

507 updates this weekend!

Cheers
Dave

[oldstv]

I hear that the vans do not have much power, can you comment on that?

[Lynn]

Loddy Frickin Da!!

[A12pilot]

Originally Posted by oldstv

I hear that the vans do not have much power, can you comment on that?

I beg to differ. The turbo 4cyl on this thing has some go-power when needed. I was impressed.
And the turning radius is pretty incredible. One of the comments from the sales guy was to watch out when taking turns since it'll surprise you. And it does!

I equate this van to the Refrigerator Perry from back in the day. Big, bulky, yet surprisingly nimble and spritely. Makes sense since it's really a commercial delivery vehicle and needs to haul the mail and get in and out of tight places.

Very happy with it.

Cheers
Dave

[Stefano]

Kool!

[oldstv]

That is refreshing to hear, thank you.