FurthurOnTheFly
Glamping Society
Welcome to the continuing adventure of the 1994 Provan Tiger XL! If you are interested in reading how this story began, please visit this thread: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/38228-Our-quot-new-quot-Tiger...?highlight=Our+New+Tiger
For those of you who don't know us, we are Josh and Heidi, longtime members here on the EXPO. After several years of joyful ownership of a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser, we decided we were ready for a more laid back adventure, with a few more creature comforts. We too blame this Tiger affliction on Suntinez, while after camping with her on several trips we got to know "Toni" the Tiger and just how nice it was to be able to escape inside from the elements when needed. The RTT just wasn't cutting it anymore! So when HMR decided to sell his rig we jumped at the opportunity. Off we blasted across the desert to the coast of California where we picked up our new Glampingmobile.
Our first stop, after visiting family, was to see our friends Dave, Yosh, and Dixie of Adventureduo and Trasharoo fame....we needed a new Trasharoo! Thanks again guys!!
Of course, we started conjuring up a modification list on the way back home, future plans and future trips. Unfortunately, the timing of this purchase could not have been worse as we had many prior activities coming up, then some serious family health issues that hit us out of nowhere. It was a while before we could take it out on our first adventure. Over the next month we slowly got to know the vehicle and worked on a few things. We wanted to make the bed as comfy as possible, so we added a memory foam topper:
Its quite plush now! After all, this is glamping! You can also see in that pic that the van was still outfitted with the horrible old school incandescent lighting. I found a great deal on ebay for 5 new LED replacement lights and up they went (sorry for the bad cell phone pic):
Before our mod list got too long, we wanted to head out on our first Pride Prowl. As some of you may know, it didn't turn out to be so prideful. Rather than re-hash it here, you can read all about it on our blog: http://www.twolibras.net/2011/07/tiger-pride-prowl-prescott.html
Sadly, even after repairing the issues mentioned in the blog, the van was just not running right..the problem actually seemed to get worse. We did inspect the replacement parts and they were indeed fried, but our anxiety remained high until we could get this worked out. Long story short, we changed mechanics and they were able to find the problem: bad fuel pump. There were also some other sensors going bad in there so we had pretty much everything to do with that system replaced at the same time. The van is now running like a champ around town, but we have not been able to take it out on a longer trip.
For those of you who don't know us, we are Josh and Heidi, longtime members here on the EXPO. After several years of joyful ownership of a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser, we decided we were ready for a more laid back adventure, with a few more creature comforts. We too blame this Tiger affliction on Suntinez, while after camping with her on several trips we got to know "Toni" the Tiger and just how nice it was to be able to escape inside from the elements when needed. The RTT just wasn't cutting it anymore! So when HMR decided to sell his rig we jumped at the opportunity. Off we blasted across the desert to the coast of California where we picked up our new Glampingmobile.
Our first stop, after visiting family, was to see our friends Dave, Yosh, and Dixie of Adventureduo and Trasharoo fame....we needed a new Trasharoo! Thanks again guys!!
Of course, we started conjuring up a modification list on the way back home, future plans and future trips. Unfortunately, the timing of this purchase could not have been worse as we had many prior activities coming up, then some serious family health issues that hit us out of nowhere. It was a while before we could take it out on our first adventure. Over the next month we slowly got to know the vehicle and worked on a few things. We wanted to make the bed as comfy as possible, so we added a memory foam topper:
Its quite plush now! After all, this is glamping! You can also see in that pic that the van was still outfitted with the horrible old school incandescent lighting. I found a great deal on ebay for 5 new LED replacement lights and up they went (sorry for the bad cell phone pic):
Before our mod list got too long, we wanted to head out on our first Pride Prowl. As some of you may know, it didn't turn out to be so prideful. Rather than re-hash it here, you can read all about it on our blog: http://www.twolibras.net/2011/07/tiger-pride-prowl-prescott.html
Sadly, even after repairing the issues mentioned in the blog, the van was just not running right..the problem actually seemed to get worse. We did inspect the replacement parts and they were indeed fried, but our anxiety remained high until we could get this worked out. Long story short, we changed mechanics and they were able to find the problem: bad fuel pump. There were also some other sensors going bad in there so we had pretty much everything to do with that system replaced at the same time. The van is now running like a champ around town, but we have not been able to take it out on a longer trip.
