Serious question. Are you still enjoying bay ownership?

Suffering with my health at the moment and its currently missing the rear arch and corner (I was only dealing with a few little rust spots).
So I am struggling with it at the moment but once I have my mojo back and we can get out camping I will be back on track.

 

Went to Dorset steam fair , awning up etc etc , 3rd morning woke up on the inflatable bed, cramp in both ham strings, like a bloomin beached whale I was . Any way upshot is , have purchased a caravan for overnighting ( not towed by the bus ) . Bus now used for day trips to the beach , sensible solution , enjoy the bus , and now enjoy the camping .

 

Yes, I still think that buying a bay 6 years ago was the best thing I've done. I enjoyed learning how to fix and maintain the old 1600 but now that I've got a Scooby all I have to worry about is doing the odd bodge repair on the bodywork. The Scooby means that the kids now use it a lot. No intention of ever selling it as I would have to get something else and that would be more expensive and less interesting.

 

Crazy drive to keswick through all4 seasons
Roof down propex on, tunes on

 

That is hardcore!

 

I was in the third lane trying to overtake two over taking lorrys on the climb into penrith on the M6 for about 3 miles at 60 with my foot full down in a monsoon with no visability with traffic behind, I love it

 

It went from sun to rain to monsoon to hailstones

 

Nutter

 

Yeah, got shell V nitro confident after a long run.

 

View looks mint how far is the HQ pub

 

Don't let that weird roll up roll off that bottle top

 

Camping, bottle of Ardbeg, nice scenery. What's not to like.

 

Just gone thro this love my bus smile every time I'm out in it. Gone all nostalgic!!

 

Agreed

 

I have owned my old van for over 20 years and used to use it as a daily, but a couple of things have stopped me doing this;
1, Fuel economy - the fuel gauge packed up and I fill it every 200 miles, on one occasion it ran out at 196 miles - 13.6 mpg
Easy to sort - I bought a more economical car - a Jaguar XJ-8
2, Cost of bits - I needed a replacement RHD sliding door and ended up importing one from South Africa at a cost of £575
Equally easy to sort - dailies don't have those sort of costs - so I bought a Scirocco & 4 new winter tyres for £578.
Now I have three cars where I used to have just the one, my life is more interesting, I dress better (to drive the Jaguar) and
although the old camper is only driven occasionally, we spent eight occasions camping/holidaying/at festivals this year,
they were all bloody good fun and felt very, very special.
It no longer spends time deteriorating on the drive, it resides in a luxury car port, has a mains hook up, an oil filled radiator
and provides an extra room here at the 'Towers'. To paraphrase Ronald MacDonald, Bay Ownership - I'm still Loving it!

 

The weather is horrendous at the moment.
I've just been round the m25 in the worst weather i've ever driven the bus in, I could barely see for all the rain and it was really strong sideways wind.
I just slowed down and turned Radcliffe and Maconie up.
I'm not even going camping.............but i'm still enjoying bus ownership

 

Yes. Planning next year's trips andthe winter/spring campaign of jobs to do.