Volkswagen Maintenance, or A List of Breakdowns
jbuhler We’ve been in the road for fourteen months. It’s a lot of miles for a 24-year-old vehicle. Still, the Westy has behaved very well. I thought I would make a…
Arriving in style in Quito
Catholicism has lots of stories that go like this: Some figure of the Virgin Mary, some saint, or even Jesus is being transported between towns. At some point, the horses,…
One year (a post with graphs)
Since as a few days ago it has been a year that we left San Francisco, I thought it was time for a post with graphs. These are all the…
Bug Camp
The great thing about traveling the way we are doing it is that we are always open to change plans. Last Thursday, we were on our second day in Quetzaltenango.…
Storage space
While Stephanie enjoyed her new office by the beach, I set off to make some extra storage for the Pony. It seems like I always need to have a project,…
La Paz to Mazatlán
We are finally in Mazatlán, where the adventure really begins. We both love Baja, but in some ways it feels like one is too protected there, like in an extension…
Geraldo VWs
We had heard about this shop for a while, and my plan was to drop by anyway for a general checkup. It turns out we ended up having to come,…
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…
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…