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#1 ·
New to the forums. Currently have a BMW 330xi as my vehicle to get to the mountain. See where that's a problem? More than a couple inches on the road and I am screwed..


Looking for input on what vehicles you all drive to the mountain. I have about 12k to put into this. Maybe more.

Thanks for input--

-Alex
 
#556 · (Edited)
14 years ago I bought this van brand new. It brought up two kids, been up and down the east coast. Gone on many many snowboarding trips (as in this photo) and never gave me any real mechanical headaches. It survived the 2001 Labor Day Storm and many others for that matter. I got laid in it, got thrown out of it :)), transported many things to and from camp in it.
Sorry to hear about that, man. You always spoke so highly of it, too. I hope you have more great memories with your new van, and if I'm correct the venture is built on the same frame as it so it will probably have just as long of a life. :)
(I remember the Labor Day storm too. It was the day of my local fair and they had to cancel it for the first time that year)
 
#558 ·
To make myself feel better I went immediately and bought a new car. Not brand new but close enough. Bought a 2005 Pontiac Montana van. Beautiful car, gold, has two side doors and many extras the venture didn't have. Got a great deal on it.I pick it up this Thursday and that will be my new snowboard vehicle.
Wait a tic, so your kids grew up and yet you still bought a mini van? I will need your man card now please. :laugh: I kid I kid, I just hate minivans (mostly because they are piloted by a fat soccer mom driving like a retard) I do however like full sized vans. But hey if you are happy then who the hell cares right? And as for owning your past van that long - good job, you must have actually kept up on maintenance. I love how people bitch about a car being a piece of crap because a transmission blew or its burning oil, I'm like ok well when is the last time you flushed your trany fluid? pause "what's that?". How often do you change your oil "uhhh well I think I changed it last year some time", yeaaaah your right (blah blah car company) is a piece of crap..... :rolleyes:
You gotta be proactive and do regular maintenance and not wait for shit to break, this is how you get cars to run forever well that and not beating on them. And in our case (rust belt) gotta keep up on the undercoat hahaha but for how long you had that I would say it had a full life. :thumbsup:
 
#561 ·
:laugh: You know its funny cause I really am buying this vehicle for my son. Of course he wanted a fast car...But like I told him, We already have a fast car, a classic car, a normal sedan and a sports car but we need to replace the van....with the van:laugh:

I need it for my camp and snowboarding. So get this....:laugh:

The deal I made is, I will buy this new van and give him my new jetta.:eek: that way he has his fast sports car to impress his gf's and I have my van. Dont get me wrong I love my Jetta but it really doesnt serve me well like the van will. And your right that aint a mans vehicle (the van) but it will give me what I am looking for...

Besides...u wanna see a true snowboarding vehicle here she is... You take this puppy to the resort parking lot and you have instahotel complete with independent internal heating...



Only 35 made right from the VW factory in Germany(custom blue stripe is specific to the package). And it is registered with VW/Westfalia as #14 of #35 produced. Problem is this baby never sees snow. Thats why she looks, runs and has been perfect for the past 25 years:thumbsup: and should last another 24.

edit: this is actually our stage crew vehicle we take to gigs when we do stage work for bands. Its actually had some famous musicians party in it
not gonna lie i dig the mini van approach. does it have AWD?
 
#562 ·
:laugh: You know its funny cause I really am buying this vehicle for my son. Of course he wanted a fast car...But like I told him, We already have a fast car, a classic car, a normal sedan and a sports car but we need to replace the van....with the van:laugh:

I need it for my camp and snowboarding. So get this....:laugh:

The deal I made is, I will buy this new van and give him my new jetta.:eek: that way he has his fast sports car to impress his gf's and I have my van. Dont get me wrong I love my Jetta but it really doesnt serve me well like the van will. And your right that aint a mans vehicle (the van) but it will give me what I am looking for...

Besides...u wanna see a true snowboarding vehicle here she is... You take this puppy to the resort parking lot and you have instahotel complete with independent internal heating...



Only 35 made right from the VW factory in Germany(custom blue stripe is specific to the package). And it is registered with VW/Westfalia as #14 of #35 produced. Problem is this baby never sees snow. Thats why she looks, runs and has been perfect for the past 25 years:thumbsup: and should last another 24.

edit: this is actually our stage crew vehicle we take to gigs when we do stage work for bands. Its actually had some famous musicians party in it
Full-size vans are definitely the way to travel. If I could get one with 4wd and hella rust-proofed body with snow tires (and a diesel and manual transmission if I'm dreaming anyway) along with the money to buy it/fill it up, it would be my ultimate snowboarding vehicle, FOR SURE.
 
#564 ·
this is actually our stage crew vehicle we take to gigs when we do stage work for bands. Its actually had some famous musicians party in it
Well let me just shut my mouth right up.. hahahaha Man card has been re en-stated I did not realize I was talking to another VW enthusiast, sick ass vw man is that a syncro?
Luuucky! I have a limited GTI (20thAE) its no where near as cool as that vw van though. Good stuff.
:thumbsup:
 
#567 ·
:laugh: You know its funny cause I really am buying this vehicle for my son. Of course he wanted a fast car...But like I told him, We already have a fast car, a classic car, a normal sedan and a sports car but we need to replace the van....with the van:laugh:

I need it for my camp and snowboarding. So get this....:laugh:

The deal I made is, I will buy this new van and give him my new jetta.:eek: that way he has his fast sports car to impress his gf's and I have my van. Dont get me wrong I love my Jetta but it really doesnt serve me well like the van will. And your right that aint a mans vehicle (the van) but it will give me what I am looking for...

Besides...u wanna see a true snowboarding vehicle here she is... You take this puppy to the resort parking lot and you have instahotel complete with independent internal heating...



Only 35 made right from the VW factory in Germany(custom blue stripe is specific to the package). And it is registered with VW/Westfalia as #14 of #35 produced. Problem is this baby never sees snow. Thats why she looks, runs and has been perfect for the past 25 years:thumbsup: and should last another 24.

edit: this is actually our stage crew vehicle we take to gigs when we do stage work for bands. Its actually had some famous musicians party in it
You hippie!
 
#575 ·
Oh dude you're killing me...you sold your truck for that????? Bet you would'nt have needed to shovel if you still had your truck.....;)
haha, no way! I drove that truck for ~9 years and bought the Audi A4 2 years ago to use as my daily driver/backpacking vehicle and use the truck as a weekend snowboard/fishing vehicle. I drove the A4 for that trip b/c I wanted to test the Quattro in the snow.... but after digging for an hour, I was definitely wishing I had taken my truck. haha

I actually just posted the A4 for sale this week. Looking to get one of the new Rams and go for the Icelandic Glacier truck style. :cool:

^^ I agree. That A4 will be better. Until you hit 2 inches of snow. :p
Look at the snow on top of the panel van.... I was snow plowing the entire way!

snowboarding vehicle?? this is mine

:cheeky4:

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Thats sick. :thumbsup:
 
#576 · (Edited)
Well what do ya think guys here is my new snowboarding vehicle for 2010:laugh: Aint she a bute!!!

Its a 2005 Pontiac Montana, was in great shape and picked it up for a fair price. It has alot more options than the venture had. It was a family car, when we removed the seats to clean it, it had kid garbage all in the back. But we used our MPD cleaner and now it looks fucking brand new! Im going to Half clean some of the stuff we wont keep in the car and I will bring those pieces on the road when we do our tradeshows...

The inside is awesome, it has a bench seat and three singles in front of that so basically it can comfortably take 8 passengers. We took out the three mid seats just so we can have room to store the boards, gear, safety meetings and hang out space...

It has side doors on both sides, tinted windows...nice!!
Now you just need to rig the front seats so they'll swivel backwards for chilling and you'll be SET.

Nice van:thumbsup:
 
#579 ·
New guy here, not to the sport. Here is my ride to hill, of course now its got a top and doors....

This is a new build that "finished" this past summer after the other one got totaled in a rear end collision. First winter in the snow with this one....
Sweet YJ! That is my favorite vehicle posted in this thread so far and good to see more Jeep owners around. I know what you mean - finished is relative.
 
#586 ·
2004 Chev Silverado, ext cab, long box z71 off-road 4x4.

Cab on the back, crap loads of room for gear.

Comfortably seats up to 5... 6 alright.

Goes through damn near everything.

Only thing I need to say is 4WD and 4x4s are great for getting through shit... but they don't stop any better... in fact, often worse because they are heavier vehicles. Just cause you have 4x4 doesn't mean go screaming down a snow covered hwy. Drive for the weather. Rant done.
 
#587 ·
Only thing I need to say is 4WD and 4x4s are great for getting through shit... but they don't stop any better... in fact, often worse because they are heavier vehicles. Just cause you have 4x4 doesn't mean go screaming down a snow covered hwy. Drive for the weather. Rant done.
So true. Snow/ice traction tires are what gives you control. The problem is that many (most?) truck and SUV drivers don't swap over from their all-season, all-terrain truck tires when winter comes, probably because suv tires look aggressive (fine for deep snow but doesn't help on ice like a studless snow that has special temperature-sensitive compounds and siping would), and tires of that large of a size cost a small fortune.

Computer-controlled traction control and stability control also help immensely to keep the car pointed in the right direction.
 
#589 ·
Totally agree, drove through a recent storm where everything was iced over and I still had summer tires on my truck, every bridge I hit, I would instantly go sideways and the computer would kick in and fix it. Its all about angle and tires, I got stuck on a pile of leaves on a incline and a few buddies had to use their man power and push me out. Traction control and low range couldn't get me outta that one. Pretty entertaining watching all the wheels move and stop trying to find grip. I'm too lazy to deflate my tires a bit.
 
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