5 Great things about the Volkswagen Vanagon

[@conchscooter]

I’ve had VW vans, a six volt split windshield I drove all over California and took to Baja and a Vanagon I tried to drive cross country that kept breaking down. I find the interior small and the windows offer zero insulation. Currently retired in a 2020 Promaster custom built interior and in Peru heading to Patagonia. I meet VWs on the road and my hat is off to them but I am entirely content with my Promaster. Best wishes to you and keep enjoying it. I love your enthusiasm.

[@canterburyfour]

You are the reason why I’m building a Vanagon again.

[@casey7799]

Would love to see a detailing video /cleaning video on the van, give her some love!

[@grahames9228]

Couldn't agree more with those five points.

[@chrisdamico9209]

Great update. Keep it up!

[@Gurjangjagat]

When you said “Reliability” I scrolled so fast to the comment section to call you out 🤣

[@gnt754]

Cool van did you replace the engine 5 times? Impressive rebuild of the diesel.. where did you pick up the no how?

[@jean-claudebonillo1535]

Bonjour very well said great video on the VW family.

[@josephpiskac2781]

Sébastien fantastic presentation. I am sold on the vanagan. No way out of my RAM though. God Bless great your enjoying life!

[@Sebastianstonum]

@@josephpiskac2781 RAM has lush a/c and cruise control!

[@josephpiskac2781]

@@Sebastianstonum Only a suggestion though consider working for an RV Company or starting your own company. The sound system in the RAM is surprisingly good. I have a Bluetooth speaker and a totally excellent ultra HD Flat Screen. Really cold in the mountains though beginning to cool down around Las Vegas.

[@Sebastianstonum]

@@josephpiskac2781 I’ve considered it. Maybe in the future. It’s starting to cool down here too high 30’s at night it feel good. Going to pull the ski’s out of the storage unit soon

[@uniwerksdesign]

Community! Nailed it my man! These vans attract the very best people!

[@Sebastianstonum]

Definitely the best thing about vanagons!

[@uniwerksdesign]

@@Sebastianstonum❤ Exactly. To address the reliability issues, as you said keeping up on maintenance is key. I did an EJ-25 Subaru swap on my 85 and also replaced everything that looked suspect. My van is reliable. I do not hesitate to take it on 13 hour annual road trips. Be smart with the upgrades and these cans are awesome. ;-)

[@uniwerksdesign]

Vans. lol.

[@MaxKayaks]

@@uniwerksdesign Yep, it’s not just a van, it’s a membership card to the cool kids club.

[@Sebastianstonum]

@@MaxKayaks this couldn’t be more accurate

[@peterart5301]

Ik vind een Volkswagen T3 ook fantastisch Ik heb een Volkswagen T3 Westfalia van 1987 en 2100cc met 112 pk zijn heel fijn reisgenoot

[@dta97392]

Hi I have a 1982 vanagon/ love it/ how difficult was it to remove those upper cushions off the top bed? How much storage did you gain by doing so (with the top down?) tx

[@Sebastianstonum]

@@dta97392 there’s a significant amount of storage, it was just those 4 screws on the hinge and it comes out. I put some angle aluminum there instead to keep stuff from sliding out. I’ve slept up there twice in the past few years so this is a much better use of the space

[@dta97392]

@@Sebastianstonum than you I may do that to mine/

[@dta97392]

@@Sebastianstonumthx I am so new to this / did u remove both cushions or more ? Do u have apic maybe? sorry for all the ??? s

[@rileyvanausdal]

You should post more videos a week

[@Sebastianstonum]

@@rileyvanausdal I’m thinking about it! That will keep me really busy

[@RandyLe4zero8]

Nico sent me 🙏 get the VW van eletric. U know VW idr ?

[@Sebastianstonum]

Welcome! Glad to have you! Yeah ill be pushing for those pikes peak records soon haha

[@geoffoneida487]

I think you are too harsh on the reliability aspect of older VW’s they are actually extremely reliable. Yes older ones that have not been maintained by previous VW owners will have failures but that’s any vehicle. Ive owned many old air cooled vw’s and they are great cars. I also have an ALH tdi and those are literally known for being the most reliable TDI vw made. Mine has 357k and there plenty others out there with over 500k. Granted the TDI’s do need to be maintained more and you do have to put quality parts on VW’s since the germans didn’t design them to be ran with low quality parts therefore those parts will fail and people then revert to saying the VW is the one that’s not reliable. Idk just my 2 cents. It seems like you hate your VW cause someone told you VW’s are unreliable and you’ve had a couple failures on your old unmaintained vehicle. I don’t mean any of this in a negative way BTW i really do like your videos. It’s inspired me to get a vanagon actually. Thanks again.

[@marianfrances4959]

👍🇨🇦😎

[@MaxKayaks]

I just bought a Reverse light switch from Van Cafe the other day, must be a common issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Sebastianstonum]

Mine has been out for awhile and I’m just now getting to it haha