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James & Betsy
“I’m a design person - I look at the details and really appreciate how this is put together.”
— James on their new Metris van.
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Chelsea & Josephine
Every year, my sister and I try to take a summer adventure with both our families - 9 of us in total; 5 kids and four adults. This year we had the idea of taking a road trip with both families and found Peace Vans Rentals. We rented two vans for the 9 of us and toured the Olympic Peninsula - what a blast! Road trips are the best, and touring the Northwest in two vintage VWs was a dream.
It's tough these days to find a vacation that encourages us to do nothing more than just be together - no agendas, technological gadgets, or consumerism. Our days on the Olympic Peninsula consisted of hot coffee around smoking coals, drives through epic landscapes, dares to jump in turquoise swimming holes, awe-struck wonder at speckled rainforest banana slugs, hot dinners cooked in plain air, dual Westie "goodnight's” that rivaled the Brady Brunch, late night glasses of wine around a crackling fire, and waking up to see where the next day would lead us. In 7 days, we spent 168 hours together ... all nine of us. That is to say ... we didn't spend a minute apart. That's all we wanted.
Toss in Peace Vans' world-class customer service, top-notch vintage vans that made everyone drool, and countryside torn from the pages of our dreams … we couldn't have wished for a more perfect adventure. Truly unforgettable!
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B & E
This is it! You need not look further for a shop that will treat you right. We are new owners of a Vanagon Syncro and have had almost every major problem you can have with these in the few short months we have owned it. We have experienced many shops claiming to know VWs, but no one knows these vans like these guys. Based on my prior interactions with them and their rave reviews from others, we recently drove about 800 miles to have their opinion of our problem. We were on a 3-4 week road trip that derailed several times due to significant mechanicals and were just tired of trusting random shops to 'figure something out' at great time and cost, and often not fixing the problem.
We were fortunate enough to have them give it a test drive on the weekend while they were technically not open (working on another project), and within 30 mins, they had diagnosed and fixed the problem. It drove perfectly the rest of the way home and even on rough logging roads.
Hearing them talk and seeing their knowledge in action was awe-inspiring - they know these vans inside and out. Our van is anything but stock with a Subaru conversion and many other aftermarket add-ons. Still, even with all that, they had intimate knowledge, and we did not need to fill them in on all the complications therein.
These guys are the real deal, and I cannot say enough good things about them. Not only are they incredibly knowledgeable and honest in their love of these vans, but they are just darn nice and friendly people to talk to! To ease the pain of our frustrating breakdown journey, Harley sent us an e-mail of all the local restaurant and entertainment options for a while we are in town ... this is an example of the extra mile these guys go to help.
We live an hour out of Vancouver, BC, and we have since decided this will be where we will bring our van for all our work and maintenance.
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