Our Excellent Adventures

Sprinter – 15 years old

Keith — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:12:45 +0000

The Mercedes Sprinter has been in service 15 years this year. It was the first MB commercial vehicle to have a name instead of a number. MB followed with other new named vans and trucks in all weight classes. Mercedes productions numbers are strong in this class with the T1 having over a million units sold and the Sprinter looking [...]

The Super Bowl

Keith — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:52:40 +0000

It was a great game. I wasn’t particularly happy with the outcome but now that it is over, the only thing before baseball season (yea!) is March Madness. Both teams played well, the advertisements were as normal – good and for some, a little strange. The half-time show . . . wow, how sad was that? The Who [...]

16 year old kills 6 bulls in one day – doesn’t go to jail

Keith — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:22:33 +0000

If I killed 6 dogs or 6 cats or even 6 parrots in a day I’d most likely be in trouble. This kid however, lives in Spain where it is ok to do this. “Ever since I was very small I have had this in my genes,” he told The Associated Press. “I have practically grown [...]

Sprinters in the future

Keith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:59 +0000

The Sprinter seems to have made it into the future, the date – YR42. The place, Caprica, which is a city (I think) located on the planet Athena (I think) – and there are colonies (somewhere). In the last episode, they (I don’t know names) were hauling a robot (or something) who has the mind (or something) representing [...]

RV View from Camping World

Keith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:24:58 +0000

This morning I received the computer version of Camping World’s magazine, RV View. Reading it, or trying to, while having coffee was strange. They have done it right – you can flip pages or print it or save it as a PDF file. It has nice color and the ads (which I do read) are good [...]

Observations (or whinning) on a Saturday morning

Keith — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:56:11 +0000

I think the first rap (I don’t like) song was Rapture (I do like) by Blondie. It is amazing to me that the election of one person can completely change the way congress works and cause a re-write of the State-of-the-Union address. There must be something terribly wrong with either the people or the system or [...]

Ok, I re-”thunk” it

Keith — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:10:42 +0000

Today I was just starting to pull the propane system and had to ask my self “why?” I looked at the propane tank I have and it is really pretty small so I wouldn’t be gaining that much and just adding work and the inconvenience of connecting a canister every time Debbie wanted to cook [...]

It’s 10 o’clock at night – do you know where your lift points are?

Keith — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:39:07 +0000

You’re driving along enjoying the view from your Sprinter and suddenly your TPS comes on – you have a flat. You pull over in a nice wide spot, call roadside service (somehow I have 3 of these) and brew some coffee. The guy gets there. He’s seems nice enough. He puts the spare on, tips his [...]

5th Annual NW SprinterFest, Tualatin, OR

Keith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:46 +0000

The 5th Annual NW SprinterFest will be held on April 18th, 2010. This year will feature RV conversions done by van owners. Sprinter owners from all over the West Coast have indicated they will bring their pride and joys for all to see and share. And like last year…we’ll have a pot luck with the [...]

Springtime modifications – its the rain’s fault

Keith — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:45:41 +0000

Sitting here day after day counting raindrops gives you lots of time for thinking of modifications to do on your Sprinter configeration. I think we all do them. Winnebago owners, Country Coach, Sports Mobile – everyone wants to put their mark on their RV. The problem is, the longer it rains, the more ideas come [...]