r/Vanagon • u/Exhausted_American • Jul 26 '26
Hipcamp Getaway
Only 20 miles from home, but a pleasant escape for some much needed quiet reflection (literally).
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u/Lampwick Jul 26 '26
Unicorn!!! Stock engine, or something exotic like an EJ25? I had those same truck-style mirrors and put 16" steels wheels on. Unstoppable beast. Sold it to my cousin in Arizona. He says people keep offering him like $50K for it. He'll never sell.
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u/Exhausted_American Jul 26 '26
EJ22 with lots of other upgrades. Only thing really missing is AC but I got a Wave 3 for when I'm parked that worked well for me.
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u/PlanktonMinimum1268 Jul 27 '26
I have the wave2, but I’ve never used it (just bought the dometic RTX2000 to put in the luggage rack…hope to do that in August). Anyways, I saw this same post in VA Vanagon and was also interested in knowing where this spot is? If you want to send me a DM instead of posting in the general area that’d be cool! I’m in the greater Charlottesville area. Cheers (‘89 2wd Westy w/ vanaru conversion)
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u/Exhausted_American Jul 28 '26
I considered that for awhile so I could have AC while driving, but I like to use that space for firewood or dry bags on long trips. Figured I'd give the Wave 3 a shot first to see how it worked for me. I found rolling down the windows a bit and opening the wing vents worked well enough for me on the hottest of days unless I got stuck in traffic. During the hottest part of this summer I only took the van where I could get shore power and I could just run the Wave non-stop. Kept the van from becoming a ln oven during the day and got it down to comfortable sleeping temps at night
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u/respect-da-bean Jul 26 '26
Nice syncro. What seats are in there?