When you are stopped in a fuel station or some other place, and people come up and want to ask for a peek inside your coach.
What do you say?
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Depends on how cute she is. ;D
I had a guy at the gas station asked how much did one run!
I replied about 75 miles per hour.
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I agree with Lee, if she's cute enough she could look.
I don't mind um looking but Max my Pit Bull does.
My bus isn't nice enough to attract the uninformed. But I recall one time I was stopped for fuel near Indianapolis and a fellow came up and
started asking questions and I believe I gave him a tour, though there wasn't much in there at the time. I believe he now owns an MC5 and
is a member on this board.
Guess I showed him! :D
I often offer people the chance to step in on the stairs and look around. To me, part of the fun of having a bus conversion is talking to people about it--even the ones who start off by saying "I have an uncle who has one just like it" Now I will admit that I keep an empty 9mm 100 round ammo box on the counter as a catchall which may help improve my guest's and my ability to behave in a civilized fashion. Jack
hi All, not only did I get people asking to see inside on my 5A , but some want to take pictures, (and the more unsophisticated ask how much did it cost) some ask where do I find out more about bus conversions, then again, some ask for gas money too! lvmci...
If my wife is traveling with me I find any excuse, she really doesn't like strangers 'touring' her abode, but jr and I are a little more relaxed about it. I try to be polite if it isn't a good time.
Over the years we have been put on the spot like that and it is our opinion we would not make a wise choice if we allowed someone we don't know to knock on the door and ask to get a tour of our house, so we opt to not allow strangers to tour our coach for the same reason.
However, the exception is another bus owner or folks at a rally.
A polite refusal, referencing that it is my house on wheels and, as I am in travel mode, the interior is a bit of a mess and not in a presentable condition, but thanks for the interest...
Busnuts, you can have both a polite game face as well as being VERY aware that you are a potential target without letting on. The difference is. That you don't unnecessarily offend the genuinely interested future bus conversion enthusiast.
Happy coaching!
buswarrior
Beat it!
But I'm not real friendly
When I was filling up a while ago (when diesel was still almost $4 - hrumph), someone asked me about my solar panel support frames on the roof. I told him I intended to get all my power from the sun - it never dawned on me that I should have specified ELECTRICAL power. He then asked how far it goes on a charge, so at that point I knew there wasn't any meeting of minds. I BSed him with some utter codswallop about how Crown had made a solar-powered bus, expecting him to tell me I was pulling one of his lower limbs, but no, he still kept asking me about solar-powered buses. I think when he asked me how far it could go from its charging station, and I told him 93 million miles, that he finally realized I was not talking about what he wanted to hear. Fun!
The other RVers in the yard where I store and work on my bus are often wanting to see what I've done so far, but because I haven't even started on the interior yet they think I've just been goofing off for the last six years I've had the bus. They have no clue about how damn long it takes to do even the seemingly-simplest of jobs - it took me two full days just to pull some armored 10/2 cable through under the bus for my shore and generator feeds, so any eventual completion is still a long way off in the future. And then today I was hoping to see an interesting documentary on TV about Superb Owls, but it just had a load of guys in tights running around a field - what a waste of potential bus-conversion time.
John
We let em in.
Let em look .
Have them sign the guest book.
we have met some interesting people that way.
We also pickup hitchhikers.
Quote from: Iceni John on February 01, 2015, 07:08:50 PM
And then today I was hoping to see an interesting documentary on TV about Superb Owls, but it just had a load of guys in tights running around a field - what a waste of potential bus-conversion time.
Clever pun, there, John!
:D
Quote from: RJ on February 01, 2015, 07:56:27 PM
Clever pun, there, John!
:D
Why do they all have to stop and take a breather every four seconds? Are they that unfit? Perhaps they've all been hit on their heads too many times for them to remember their own names - is that why they have their names written on their backs? And why are the coaches engaged in their own Competetive Chewing event - are they sponsored by Wrigleys? And I could have pulled through some more cable this afternoon had I known what this Superb Owl thing was all about.
I was at a campground and the manager came around to do the paperwork. When I invited them in to sit down and do it, they seemed surprised. The message I took away from that is that people do not generally invite them into there traveling homes. While I may be amenable to the idea at a campground with someone I have time to evaluate, considering the risk to benefit ratio, I don't think strangers approaching at short stops are a worth the gamble. As said above, there are polite ways to say no (like asking if they have a warrant).
I let some teenage kids and their Mom in one time, and when I was leaving, discovered my cell phone was gone. I went to their trailer and said if they returned it after "mistakenly" taking it, nothing would happen. It magically reappeared out of their trailer.
Hence, I do not let just strangers in. If after getting to know someone, I will allow a supervised tour. Really too bad. Good Luck, TomC
I tell folks I'm sorry but I can't let anyone in. I transport REALLY important people & I would lose my job If I let anyone in. They usually say "I understand, thanks anyway".
FYI, my wife is REALLY important!
TOM
We run buses for a business and people will just walk up and try and get on board, even though they are black and very private looking. For some reason people just think a bus is public domain.
Quote from: oldmansax on February 02, 2015, 07:32:43 AMI tell folks I'm sorry but I can't let anyone in. I transport REALLY important people & I would lose my job If I let anyone in. They usually say "I understand, thanks anyway".
FYI, my wife is REALLY important!
TOM
Tom, I wonder if you can slip a "don't look around now -- if they find out you've spotted them, they'll take you to Bulgaria -- but the guys in black suits and sunglasses are watching". Don't forget the really conspiratorial tone -- you could send some people wobbling out of orbit for days!
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on February 02, 2015, 07:59:27 AM
Tom, I wonder if you can slip a "don't look around now -- if they find out you've spotted them, they'll take you to Bulgaria -- but the guys in black suits and sunglasses are watching". Don't forget the really conspiratorial tone -- you could send some people wobbling out of orbit for days!
That's actually what happened at one of the places we stayed. I had a Datastorm satellite dish. It came with a yellow warning sign about emitting radiation when in use. For some reason some of the locals thought I was a guvment agent and was taking pictures of them & sending them to some super secret facility. I got an email from one of them some time later addressed to "Tom, or whatever your real name is"
Gotta laugh!
TOM
I for one equate the request the same way if somebody bangs on your front door begging to use the toilet ... right now! No. Nothing good can come out of it. There are obvious exceptions ... like being at a Bus Conversion get together and we all know each other. Other than that ... a polite but absolute ... NO! Just me. HB of CJ (old coot)
I let em all in. I enjoy hearing travel stories from the past. I have way more fun at cruise-nights with the bus, than any of my old cars. Commercial vehicles have touched more humans's lives than any other. A car or truck could have as much as a dozen owners over time, but buses have thousands of passengers over the years.
Allowing others to enjoy is what it is all about for us. :)
Quote from: pd4501-771 on February 03, 2015, 06:47:19 PM
I let em all in.
Biggest difference is that Tom's Scenic is restored as it came out of Marmon-Herrington after the '61/'62 rebuilds of the coach, thus it still looks like it's in revenue service and is a huge draw for that reason alone.
Those of us with our one-bedroom-condos-on-wheels have a different perspective, proud but wary.
Interesting thread, thanks, Don!
FWIW & HTH. . .
;)
RJ,
Some of us are still at "sharecropper shack on wheels" hoping to get to "condo on wheels" when the weather breaks! ;D :D
I have the most trouble getting away from fuel stations and curious truckers.
We always have a bunch of people who want to talk about the 04's Drivetrain and take it's picture.. And this is at top speed and open road events.. Gearheads are Gearheads always interested in anything mechanical.. Always willing to show. That's entertainment.... RDW