Shortest Camping Trip Ever?

Had something similar happen to me except on my Jeep Comanche. Picked my then girlfriend (now wife) up at the airport and noticed a vibration. Stopped to check and two lugs were snapped off on right front. Limped it home checking lugs every so often, kept losing lugs on both fronts. I think I only had one left on the right and three on the left. I had just had the tires done and they over tightened the lugs with an impact gun.

 

Had a '69 Bug, lowered and the rear seat replaced with big speaker box - it boomed driving down the road, to be young and dumb. But there was always something missing or broken...
- Block cracked a month after I bought it
- Speedometer squawked in the cold weather and bounced between 20-70MPH
- Always had water on the floorboards in the winter
- Clutch cable broke on the way to work, lucky I could shift without it. Had to start the engine in gear at every stoplight though, a pain but it worked. Did this for a couple days until I could fix it.
- Bracket for holding the back of the seat broke going to school one morning - installed a 2x4 to hold it in place, drove it with 2x4 for the next 5 years.

Yet, for some strange reason I kind of miss my old VW

 

I aquired my pup in a rather unique way. A family from Indiana were coming down I75 in Florida on vacation. They had the pup overloaded I think ( tongue was bent). During tthier trip through N fla, the wheel bearings on one side siezed to the point the axle shifted. There they were stuck on the interstate. They called a highway mechanic, who upon inspecting the rig stated it would have to be towed in, new stub axle, bearings, wheel,hub, etc. They elected to give said camper to mechanic in lieu of bill up to that point. I traded the mechanic an 18 ft aluminum fishing boat with a 40 merc I got in a partial trade on craigslist. That is how I got my 2000 Viking 1906 for free.

 

2 years ago, in my town, a wheel came off of a boat trailer while it was being towed on the highway. The wheel crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a woman driving with her kids in their car seats in the back. The woman was killed. Her kids were okay. She was a teacher in my kids’ elementary school. Tragic, and proof that safety means safety for everyone.