View Poll Results: How do you (mostly) use your AS?
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Camping in the lap of luxury
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40.00% |
Stylish lodging, wherever my destination may be
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46.09% |
Sumptuous guest house
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1.74% |
Other (please post details)
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12.17% |
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04-24-2004, 05:13 PM
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#1
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Rivet Master
Dallas
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 561
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Camper or Traveler?
It seems to me that some of us use our Airstreams to camp in style, and others of us use our Airstreams as stylish travel lodgings.
Which category do you fall into?
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Edie
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04-24-2004, 05:29 PM
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#2
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 7,172
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Other uses
Right now mine is keeping the grass from growing so I don't have to mow it It is also consuming my spending allowance at an alarming rate But the reason we bought it was to camp in the lap of luxury well at least have a well built hard side around us.
Aaron
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....so many Airstreams....so little time...
WBCCI #XXXX AIR #2495
Why are we in this basket...and where are we going
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04-24-2004, 06:17 PM
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#3
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Cartoon Character
2004 34' Classic
On The Road
, U.S.A.
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 885
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We're out on the road ... livin' in high style ... fulltiming for almost a month now. Currently we are parked in the middle of an orange grove in Bakersfield.
Life is certainly wonderful.
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Porky
TrailerGypsies.com
WBCCI #3405 — Escapees #80360
I live the life I love and I love the life I live.
-- Willie Dixon
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04-24-2004, 07:46 PM
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#4
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,644
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edie
all of the above!
makes a pretty nice base camp for deer hunting too!
john
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you call them ferrets, i call them weasels.
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04-25-2004, 10:37 AM
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#5
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,936
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Yes, yes and yes.
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04-25-2004, 02:27 PM
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#6
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5 rivets, 1 loose screw
1966 20' Globetrotter
Saginaw County
, Michigan
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,555
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I use my Caravel for camping wherever the road takes me, whether in the lap of luxury or mingling with tent campers. Prestige was not a factor for me in buying an Airstream. Longevity, reliability, style, easy towing and comfort led me to AS.
on edit......ok maybe just a little showing off.
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Rog
May you camp where wind won’t hit you, where snakes won’t bite and bears won’t git you.
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04-25-2004, 11:58 PM
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#7
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,702
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We use it for all three...but enjoy camping in the lap of luxury best!
Shari
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04-28-2004, 02:28 PM
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#8
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,190
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I bought an airsteam because I needed one. I had been sleeping in my van
at least 75 nights a year. Mostly at Bluegrass festivals. Mostly boondocking.
The daughters started tagging along and have major hair needs. Having
a trailer also lengthened the season. Now I am living in the lap of necessity.
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04-28-2004, 05:11 PM
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Rivet Master
Lisle
, Illinois
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,270
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I second Aaron!! Here, here. The man speaks the truth.
Though I wish the trailer would limit itself to my spending money and stay out of the house hold buget.
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Tedd Ill
AIR#3788 TAC IL-10
No trailers...
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04-28-2004, 08:25 PM
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#10
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Rivet Master
1986 25' Sovereign
Southern Middle
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,319
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Hunting Cabin
Well, I use to tent camp over 20 days a year in all kinds of weather. It might be 92 degrees/sunny one day and 14-28 degrees the next day. All but 2 of these days would be during deer hunting. Since I added turkey hunting in TN. 3 years ago, I have added another 10 days of using the Airstream as a hunting cabin during the spring season.
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Craig
AIR #0078
'01 2500hd ext. cab, 8.1 litre gas, 5 sp. Allison auto
3.73 rear end
Mag-Hytec rear diff cover
Amsoil Dual by-pass oil filtration system
Amsoil synthetics all around
265 watt AM Solar, Inc. system
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04-28-2004, 08:30 PM
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#11
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 126
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We went to a family camping trip three years ago. Everyone in the family had tailers or popups except us.
We had to sleep on a air mattress in a small tent. It was awful. It rained the entire weekend and we were both miserable. I came back home early cause i felt so bad from the ground and damp.
We vowed we wouldn't go again until we had a trailer and of course the only trailer we wanted was an airstream. Hey we have not been in this area of the country to go to any of the later family camping trips. we are too busy being on the road!!!
tom & betsy
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WBCCI #6978
There are two ways to die in the desert.
One is by thirst and the other is drowning.
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04-28-2004, 09:06 PM
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#12
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1 Rivet Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 17
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I have been camping since the 60's. Started in tents, then a 5th wheel, then 3 different motor homes, then 3 different trailers and I have now purchased a AS. Based on all of the different types of campers I have owned, this is the best built unit of all. I hope to own my AS for a long time. My answer is yes to all three.
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05-05-2004, 04:42 PM
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#13
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Moderator
2004 30' Classic Slideout
Fenton
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 10,408
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We haven't changed our camping tastes or locales since we bought the Airstream. Our tastes towards staying at sites with hookups started back in our pop up days.
Jack
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Jack Canavera
STL Mo.
AIR #56 S/OS#15
'04 Classic 30' S.O.,'03 GMC Savana 2500
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05-30-2004, 04:49 PM
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#14
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 790
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It's just plain comfortable. After boy scout camping and military camping their is nothing like an Airstream. A home away from home.
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05-30-2004, 05:15 PM
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#15
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4 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 472
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As a rolling "clean" house- and I'm not talking about dirt, but avoidance of chemicals.
I realised the other day I cant even remember having a window open in this house.( 11 years this july) Either it's too =too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too polluted, too much pollen.Maybe I can experience again the simple joy of sleeping with the window open at night, if I'm upwind from everyone!!!!! WOW silver suz
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06-03-2004, 07:40 PM
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4 Rivet Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 366
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Romantic Interludes with my wife of 43 years; as of today as a matter of fact.
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06-12-2004, 05:42 PM
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#17
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1 Rivet Member
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 5
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I use mine for business. Basically a luxury hotel room with cooking facilities that I can drag my computer and technical library around with me on my consulting assignments. I travel 35 to 46 weeks per year throughout the Southeast as a computer programmer/database consultant and I was sick of the Interstate motel ghettos and chain restaurants. To complicate life, I am a long term vegetarian and an avid cook, which in places like Andreson, SC is too weird for the local tastes. I bought my 30' Classic on May 3rd and now I actually enjoy Anderson (great campgrounds, especially Springfield on Lake Hartwell).
The main appeal of the Airstream was the sturdiness and engineering - Awesome! I love it so far.
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06-12-2004, 06:37 PM
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Rivet Master
Dallas
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 561
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Quote:
I travel 35 to 46 months per year
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WOW! You do travel a lot!
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Edie
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06-12-2004, 06:50 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,486
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I vote "other". We use the Airstream for traveling when we travel, and camping when we camp.
Doesn't everyone?
Mark
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06-19-2004, 08:01 PM
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Contributing Member
2018 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Austin (Hays County)
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,164
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All the above
I just came home from just under 4 weeks in our 25 Classic. I never once felt cramped or deprived in any way. I could very easily have stayed on the road another month.
The Airstream tows like a dream and attracts attention wherever we go.
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John W. Irwin
2018 Interstate GT, "Sabre-Dog V"
WBCCI #9632
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