Hello, California from Switzerland

[Zanza]

Hi downunder guys and gals.

New to this forum, I was just browsing on it and thought it could be cool to introduce myself a little. I'm a member of the french speaking dedicated forum T4Zone.info

Owner of a 92 Westy California 2.5 Petrol and very happy with it. It's my third Westfalia van, the previous ones are there


Speaking is one thing but I'm sure like in every dedicated forum that you wanna see some pics, so here they are


That was in Tuscany-Italy in April of this year




I've found a nice set of Tecnomagnesio Detroit wheels which fits nicely, don't they?

[phaeton]

Welcome to VWwA Zanza

The Westies are beautiful and I think Maris (Green T4) will love the Friesen Green one

[jets]

Nice pics, that colour changes all the time. I particularly like the last photo. Welcome to the forum, hope to hear more from you.

[KI11Z]

damb, thats klean! like the rims too

[WEDEL.1]

The early T4 was not Friesian Green Ben. It has alot more blue in it.

Anyone help with the colour? I have a brochure of the early one which may give the colour name, but it's burried in the spare room.

Maris

[Zanza]

My color name is Karibik Grün - Caribbean green

Color code: LP6M


All options codes can be found here - Excel file

[gareth_oau]

G'day Zanza.

I'm a snowboarder. if you ever want to come and have a holiday in Perth, we can maybe do a house swap sometime, and I can stay in yrs in Switzerland, provided its close to some snowy moutains of course.

welcome to Australia, by the way!!

[phaeton]

My color name is Karibik Grün - Caribbean green

Color code: LP6M


All options codes can be found here - Excel file

Thanks for clearing that up Zanza

[GoLfMan]

welcome mate

[Zanza]

G'day Zanza.

I'm a snowboarder. if you ever want to come and have a holiday in Perth, we can maybe do a house swap sometime, and I can stay in yrs in Switzerland, provided its close to some snowy moutains of course.

welcome to Australia, by the way!!

Who knows, why not.... But I don't think I'll have sufficent cash to move for holidays in Australia in a near future (Calif was expensive, kid, school, etc...)

Oh and by the way, I'm 3/4 an hour from Les Portes du Soleil, the biggest ski domain in the Alp (located in Swiss and France - you can pass from one country to the other with the skis on feet).



On a different subject: I read here and there that all of you in Australia seems to usually give the distance and mileage of your cars in kilometers not miles, but your fuel usage in MPG
It's a little bit confusing, what measure systems are you usually refering the most downunder ?
I already know that your are RHD

[phaeton]

On a different subject: I read here and there that all of you in Australia seems to usually give the distance and mileage of your cars in kilometers not miles, but your fuel usage in MPG
It's a little bit confusing, what measure systems are you usually refering the most downunder ?
I already know that your are RHD

Most do fuel mileage via the old system as thats what some grew up with others use the litre per 100km method

Also some users are from the UK where they mostly use the MPG method

[Zanza]

Thanks Ben for this information, I understand better.
I assume that the MPG you use are the UK-Imperial and not the US ones ?

[jets]

Thanks Ben for this information, I understand better.
I assume that the MPG you use are the UK-Imperial and not the US ones ?

Yes, thats correct.

[gareth_oau]

I'm a ripe old age of 44, and i typically quote in metric i.e. L/100kms. i was fortunate enough that the metric system was being pushed as I was going through my early years at school. however, I have no problems in readily converting metric to imperial. what I do find amusing is how in oz, we tend to use both systems, for example, we'll use metric for consumption, yet inflate our tyres in psi.

Zanda, ive got a 5.4L quad cam V8 in my other car, (375KW/503hp) and my fuel consumption averages 19L/100kms (15mpg). however, put yr foot down and its instantaneous can jump to 99.9L/100kms (2.8mpg)

What are your fuel prices like and could you afford that sort of consumption?

(we are currently averaging around AUD1.50/L)

[Zanza]

Currently in Switzerland, the gasoline price is 1.94 AUD/l and the Diesel price is 2.14 AUD/l (gasoline is cheaper than diesel here, as opposite to the vast majority of european countries - mainly because we don't like pollution here )

I can afford it because I don't drive a lot, using the train for commuting to work and bicycle for small trajets in town

You can see my actual fuel usage in my signature... It's from a website where you can track and follow your fuel usage, really nicely done (in english and german)