In the 15 years I have enjoyed RU-vid, out of all the videos I’ve watched, channels I have followed, this is the FIRST time I have ever been moved to leave a comment or “like” anything. But I’ve enjoyed watching your channel now for 4 years, and I have so enjoyed everything you vlog about. More than anything it’s the amount of heart that goes into everything you do is what draws me to every vlog. Thank you Adam for giving as much as you do to everything you do! Keep them coming!
It’s funny how we as humans assign so much meaning to inanimate objects. Cars, toys, books, video games... They are the keepers of our memories. We look at them and think of the fun and happy times we had with them. In the case of the van, it’s even more special because it helped to significantly change your life for the better and was your partner during that time. That was it’s mission. I hope that it’s helping to change someone else’s life now.
I like this format, you have a nice back catalog to revisit and it's nice getting the "director's commentary" and the behind the scenes view from the old days.
This is a great idea. I just recently saw the vlog of your last day in your old place in Orange. That was an emotional vlog for you. You should do a commentary on that.
Haven't seen Woobraham Lincoln in awhile. Great memories of you traveling all over in that van! Still remember you and Matt from Matt's Rad Show doing the 8.88 miles per hour videos!
The best thing about watching these videos is reliving the moments with you, and realizing how long I've been watching you. I have no idea when I started, but it was WAY before this still.
Thanks Adam!!! I’m one in the same bud. Sentimental about things. Homes,vehicles,places. Memories of said item and taking care of it!!! You have feeling
Thanks for reviewing this video, I teared up then and now! I remember thinking it was a bad idea to get rid of it. Cant believe I’ve been watching almost 10 years. Cheers to the memories.
It was when you were in the van, road tripping across America, making a TDW every day. I lived a bit vicariously through you, and also with Large Marge. Great retrospective, thank you for all your hard work making these videos. They mean very much to me.
Adam, these past few videos have really brought you closer to your fans. You have never been distant, fake etc.... but we usually have content to watch of a place, a film location etc. But breaking these videos down and seeing the real emotion behind them and the back stories really bring home just how real you are as a person. This channel may, of had twice as many subs by now if you had chosen to be click baity and fake etc..... but what always appealed to me about you from very early on was your straight forward approach.... you took some basic concepts, added a little woo humour and interest and made them so watchable............. im still laughing in the back of my head about the bike one from the other day. I remember when I joined the channel you had just started to sleep in the van and were showing us the viewers some of the places you went to to keep clean, eat and use wifi etc. Then the road trips began, and epicness continued for 5 years of continuous fun and laughter, much from that van. SO no wonder you were emotional. I don't look at the selling of the van as a mistake, I think as you said it was part of the evolution of you and the channel. However, I think maybe a trade up to large Marge may of been the better option back then...... but we are where we are, an from where I am sitting, with the Mr Woo and his content, we are all in a great place. Stay safe and keep doing what you do Mr Woo.
Absolutely brilliant! 👍 So many vloggers are trying to be the funniest, biggest, etc. But this is the kind of video that makes me keep coming back for more. Those times when vloggers shows their humanity, their true feelings. This is more than just a vlog!
This one hit home for me Adam. I am 62 and have had a few of these sales that seemed to take a part of my soul. I learned about you a few yrs ago on TheTimTrackers . I have a new understanding about you with your latest videos. I liked when you would explore with that cutee with the tatoos. Keep up the insightful videos. Thanks
It's not the hunk of metal with an engine in or any other inanimate object, it's the memories that are created and connected to it. Thank you for continuing to share your life with us Adam.
Oh it's not crazy to "get attched" to a van. I loved my Ford minivan. I'm now looking at a Ford transit van. I love vans because their so versatile! Not just for camping, but for hauling cargo, and just traveling around. I've considered them a den/workshop/studio/observatory etc. on wheels! Especially when the seats are easily removed. So much room! Take care luv.💐 Great video Adam. Keep them coming & I will keep watching. 😁
When I was about 7 my dad sold his Datsun Z. He cried when the new owner drove it out of our driveway and down the street. I didn't understand why. But he bought that car himself to move himself into his college dorm room after he moved out of his parents house as a teenager and then to move into a house as a married man with my mom and then they brought me home from the hospital in it. I get it. I understand how you can be so attached to a car. I've never had a car that I have been that connected to. But I understand.
Hi Adam .. I remember you starting the big journey from the west to the east coast.. and the many side street attractions.. With The Carpetbeggar that was also many fun.. I can remember your flyarounds and sidestreet-tours... I think you were then my main youtuber..starting to look for The Carpetbeggar Decade is heae your way and others.. You are until today a big insparation to me and others all over the world. You are a special man and i like you beause you are like you are. Greeting from a old fan since 2009 from Germany..
It’s touching to hear you say that you regret selling the van. It definitely did serve you well, and helped provide the both of us with a lot of entertainment! And you’re right, you may get another van someday! Thx Adam!
Dude I remember this episode so well along with the episode where you left home - not lying i got emotional with you on those. Crazy how that connection works even through RU-vid. Well done Adam!
Many memories were made in that majestic van, it took you on so many adventures. it's ok to get emotional when we say goodbye to something that held so much emotional value. I cried when I sold the 1st car I ever owned and had for so many shenanigans in high school and early college with good friends. Ahhhh the shenanigans, shall never be forgotten.
I cried the day they took my very first minivan to the junk yard. That vehicle carried my children home from the hospital. We took so many trips and it even took our family from Oregon to Disneyland a few times over. It was such a good baby and I miss her to this day. I identify with the tears Adam.
Thank you Adam for the new style of videos, love seeing your reaction and some thoughts that you had or have to some or all the videos. It's a new fun way to see the video from your perspective. May God Bless you Adam, in all that you do, thank you for not stopping the videos. btw been watching for about 5+ years
Adam, I love these videos. I don't know anyone else who has watched you like I have over the years, so it's fun to finally revisit some of this stuff "with" somebody.
I remember the Van Dwelling video on your other channel and I remember very well when you sold the van. I felt for ya! It's tough to let go of something that has been a part of you for so long, almost like a break up.
I hear you Adam, loud and clear...I owned the first year (1995) dodge neon and had it for 18 years. Then I started to have kids and it became too small for me to utilize...also at the same time it started to break down with the kids in the car and then I knew it was time to sell it to CarMax and trade it up for a SUV. So many times I was asked why I never got a newer car beforehand, but why would I? It was paid off, looked brand new for a 1995 and just got a few paint jobs. It carried all my friends, family, boyfriends, been to many places and clocked in a 120,000 miles. I know the emotional aspect of having something like your van. But I’m lucky as I have no regrets and knew it was time to move on in another stage of my life. 👍🏻
I remember being shocked that you were selling the van, and when you got emotional I bawled too. My Mom had just died in June of that year, and she left her 3 year old VW Passat to me. She bought it after a crazy amount of research because it was the safest vehicle she could afford to travel with my young daughter on adventures. She ended up hating it, and she would dream about her Chevy Monte Carlo (which she traded in) in her final days of dying from cancer 😔 My daughter and I have been on many wonderful adventures in the VW since, and I find myself so very grateful for the gift of this dependable car. I grew up on the dragstrip and in a shop where my Dad built movie cars and many hot rods. Cars are our family members 😊💚💜💕
This “hunk of metal” propelled you to where you are today. You turned an anchor into wings and you soared. You came to not only rely on it for safety and comfort but to get you out of a negative, stressful situation and to hopefully provide you with a better life which it seemed to do. There is no shame in showing emotion for something like this. I think I would’ve had a hard time getting rid of it too.
I remember the day that I saw this vlog. It was I believe after a good day at college working at Algebra, and it was pretty somber that an essential part of what made the Woo was going to leave us the viewers to drive into the sunset with a new owner. But, here came Large Marge. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Adam.
Adam, been there, done that.... TWICE...but the vehicle was a single-engine airplane. My father taught me to fly in a 1972 Cessna 150 back in '79, and we had that bird 6 years. Dad sold it for a four-passenger Beechcraft. Five years later we found that '72 Cessna 150 some 75 miles away - for sale! Dad bought it.... again! Sold the Beechcraft sometime later. 10 years later he turned the Cessna over to me in 2000, and I had it for 17 years. So many fond memories!! Sold it in 2017 to get a four-place Beechcraft (here we go....father like son). Not as fun or necessary as what once thought (just like Dad and I found out some 27 years earlier!!). "Hello, McFly!!!" I sold that Beechcraft last September. My old lovable Cessna is in Santa Paula, California now....some 65 miles from where I learned to fly. I miss that thing like you miss that van. The fondest memories of flying was in THAT plane, not in the faster and larger ones! So when you started to get emotional, boy I connected! So... mistake made twice. Maybe I will learn... someday... that blessings and fulfillment is sometimes right there in front of me.
Adam I am loving this series you are doing, I've only been subscribed to your channel for just under a year......seeing you go back over your earlier videos is so interesting. I love the fact that you are an emotional guy and because of that it just makes you so much more endearing to watch.. Stay safe and much love.
Loving this little "looking back" series. I remember watching this when it came out. I was hurting with you cause I could see how much it meant to you. But... later you got Large Marge and she brought us many happy days. Maybe one day again you will have another. Who knows. Thanks for the memories.
Hi Woodude..I started following you in 2013. I got my Disneyland annual pass in 2014. And one of my plans was to find your Van in Disneyland to leave you a note. But something better happened i met you in Disneyland. I wish we could've chatted longer. Speaking of chatting you owe me a Chat. In a mail time vlog you shouted me out and said we should meet up sometime seeing how i LIVE 30 minutes away from you. I would also LIKE to say Thank you again! For mailing me stickers. That was very Cool of You! Maybe sometime soon we can meet again. Have a Awesome Day! -Stone
I remember that day too and it was sad . 😥 I understand how that feels to get rid of things that you are so attached to . I remember moving out of my house where I raised my baby's for 13 years and when I walked out of that house and I locked the door .... I set on the front porch and cried like a baby . 😥 I really didn't want to leave . There were so many good members there . My daughter's grandmother in law owns it now and they recently were cleaning it up again to rent it out to someone else . I asked my daughter if I could go in it one more time before they rented it out again, but it didn't happen . That was just last week . My daughter even told me , when she went into the house she teared up too and all of those wonderful memories came flooding back . I like my house where we live now , but not as much as I did that house . Don't feel bad Adam , I have had a van and cars that I felt the same way about when I sold them . We get so attached to them . It is just good memories......!!! My favorite memory was when you took us down this haunted dirt road in your van and it was a live stream too . I laughed so hard and you made that night so fun !! 😂 Maybe , You can do that with us again one night ? I'd love that !! ❤
I'm really enjoying these looking back over the years and seeing your reactions to them. I hope this gives you not only some joy but some inspiration on where you want to go from here. Stay safe and stay well.
I cried too when you gave up your van. I associated the van with you! It was just as important as your phone that you used everyday to film all of your vlogs. I miss all of your van driving adventures and I would love nothing more than for you to get another van and start driving around the country again filming all of your adventures. Please think about it k!
It is great to see your honest reaction to you seeing these older videos again. So glad you are doing these. Our guess is you were parked in front of the EPIC theater maybe over by where Marlow's Tavern is??? Maybe someone will contact you now and say hey! I bought that Van!! How crazy would that be. Might still be going strong somewhere. Maybe the van went on to change the next owners life as well. 👍
I kinda hear a cry out in a great way! Times have have changed for sure. What keeps people is roots! Thanks for everything once things get going again we always gotta do what we do. Great content with real people
I have watched you....not from the start but from this point and much earlier. These moments where and are why I keep watching. I love that at the point we are now (2020) that you are reviewing the past. At least for myself it makes things ok. Please continue this kind of review Sir. ( sometimes fond memories are the best memories )
This has been very cool hanging out with you and watching your past videos. I can relate to getting emotional over a vehicle. I bought my old van for $3k back in early 2014 as something I expected to only last me a year or so. It’s still going today! There came a point, recently, where I was met with the option of selling it. Those very same emotions came into play and I decided to keep it. It’s old, quirky, and I get the occasional weird look from certain people but I love that thing. It has now been with me longer than any other vehicle and carries a ton of memories. If you care to hear it, I’d say get another van. It’s not too big for the city and will save you air travel and hotel expenses on the occasional “Woo-cation” trip. It would even give you the opportunity to dip back into the old style of videos with new content.
I just recently started watching your videos. What a Treat during this Stay at Home time of our lives. I didn’t know you and Justin have been such good friends. It will be a good day in the Land when I see you two walking into or meeting up at a Disney Park together 😊👍🏼
Just wanted to let you know that this new series of videos you've been doing are absolutely the funniest videos I've seen in quite awhile...keep up the good work
Oh my goodness. I remember watching this and crying my eyes out!!! God that was before I had my vlogging channel and it was one of the videos that gave me the kick to make my Disney/travel/disability/daily life channel as I saw how amazing it could be and how enjoyable it could be. I’d totally forgotten about that. Wow.
I have never commented on your channel before even though I have been watching you for almost 10 years. I thought it was time to show my appreciation for you and your channel by saying I "shall join you" vicariously as you travel from place to place and get into adventures. I have spent considerable time on the road as a contractor for telecom companies and loved the thrill of finding a new place or traveling a road I have never been on before. I can appreciate your attachment to your van. I have taken several vehicles to 200 thousand miles and beyond so I know that it can be emotional. We know it is only a means to an end and yet we infuse so much of ourselves into it that it seems to take on an importance beyond a simple tool. I would say this though - I believe you sold your van at the right time. The sale allowed you to move on to new horizons and take you places the van could not. Also, at 200K miles, the van was about to start giving you a plethora of mechanical issues which would have left you with very different memories of your cherished van. You let it go at the right time, so don't look back. I will continue to watch and join your content --- shall I?
Wow i can't believe I've been watching the Woo for over 4 years! Damn that went quick! This is around the time i started watching Adam. So glad to have found this channel. Keep truckin' Adam the Woo!!!!
What a journey! I remember this episode and having some empathy for what you were going through. Life goes on, and Large Marge gave you some more memories . If you dont keep adapting and changing, you diminish your story. Good luck in your coming adventures! .. A loyal Fan.
That’s an important hunk of metal to us old school woo fans! I was in shock when it was sold. We need that van in a museum one day. Thanks for the memories.
So glad that this was the vehicle that catapulted you into what would be your future career as a youtuber! Been watching pretty much since the beginning with the crazy music intro (LOL) however it took me a Cpl yrs to subscribe as it was such a new concept back then I honestly didn't see the need to. I thought subscribing was for kids or gamers or something. LOL well times sure have changed! Would you ever consider building out a van now? Have seen many FT rver's/vanlifers & sub to many of their channels now too. Seems many used this venue to get out of debt successfully & live a different lifestyle. Anyway, looking fwd to more adventures! Thank u for keeping us entertained during this strange time we're enduring in. God bless and be well!
Tearing up ? 😒😒 Because your human , even though it's not a living object , we still Bond with things that take us on our journey I love my car it's a 2006 and I don't think I will ever get rid of it, garage kept showroom New It's a part of me and that's what makes it special so Adam that's why you tear up it was part of you along your journey Been with you almost from the GetGo Gave a BIG THUMBS UP ! Adam Joe Navy veteran 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Nice job Adam. The video's audio your commenting on can be heard much better now!! I've been watching you for years! I am enjoying this series your doing. Have a good one! -Jon
I miss your van to Adam . so many vlogs from that van quite a few heartfelt convos my fave is the ones where you tell advice . quote "Time waits for no one"-Adam The woo.
Love the look back videos you are doing, thumbs up. An idea for you is perhaps when things are easier is to revisit a block of your daily uploads. What I mean by that is pick say 5 days and do the same 5 days again just to see how things have changed. Not necessarily all the time, but maybe once or twice a year or so.
It played a big role in your life and that is you reflecting on just how much of a life changer that vehicle was. We all, at one time or another, develop sentimental attachments to things and places that played major roles in our lives. That is what makes you, You!!
I'm enjoying these look back videos. It gives us a bit more info as to the how and why of things. They can't go on forever, but they are nice while working on the next move forward.
It's the memories you created in the vehicle. I have the same thing going on with an Expedition that I have but am finding it hard to part ways with because my family, my kids, me, and my wife grew up in and made such wonderful memories in. It's almost like the vehicle becomes a part of the family.
O my God!!Adam I remember the video when you sold the van it felt like yesterday when I remember seeing that video!I remember watching this video back in 2016 at that time it would have been my second year watching your videos same with Justin's videos to!Over the time watching you and Justin from early 2015 to today in 2020 you guys have always felt like close friends I have never had and you guys always make my day to!
The day you uploaded the video that you moved into your van was the first time I saw you. My young Son then he's 18 now sent you some things that you opened in the van. Think one was a pin hanging above your door. Thanks for the memories.
“why would you get a little misty eyed over a hunk of metal with an engine in it?” The same reason I put inanimate objects together like friends so they don’t get lonely. We feel things.
I remember this video and your van VERY WELL. You inspired me to drive across the country and live off grid with that van and your vlogs. Your inspiring me resulted in me ultimately making my way from California to North Carolina and Orlando Florida to embark on my own creative journeys and meet you, your dad Jim, Tim and Jen at Fun Spot Orlando. Although Im really camera shy, you inspired me to upload a few videos to my own themed RU-vid channels. I celebrated you living in it at the start of your daily vlogs. When you sold it for a smaller vehicle and started flying everywhere, I was literally scratching my head "wtf?? -- he's saved tons of money with that Van, and inspired a nation of vloggers , and now he's spending it on airfare." Then eventually soon a celebratory thought hit me and i realized this was your way of showing how successful you've become on RU-vid. Adam, What you now see as a mistake, know that you inspired me and many many many other people to copy you. Nothing's ever done by mistake--- you started a movement of Van dwellers by inspiring people to live in their Vans and make videos. Adam your van and RV inspired the Tiny house movement that's now HUGELY popular today. No one made videos like those until you did them. What was a mistake to you inspired the world. Don't ever regret any decision you make. You're a trailblazer!
Dude, time flies. I can't believe it's been four years already. All those years you hauled yourself around the country. You should have named it Van Haulin haha. Speaking of polar pop, do you remember polar cup in Florida in the early 90s?
Dang Adam! Good memories! That had to be pretty emotional to watch! The van was a character in your everyday life! It’s almost like Micky without Walt! Imagine the video if you tracked down the van through a vin search bought it back resurrected the old girl and hit the road. If you were Doc Brown it was your Delorean! I’m a mechanic I’ve seen those vans go 500,000 miles no problem! You had 200k which is mostly highway so it’s really like a lot less compared to city. This video series is amazing! The nostalgia is great! Even if you got a different van that video series seeing you putting the buttons back up and big the foot getting into his position and the mirror being installed and hitting the open road on the great American ATW around the US in 80 days circle road trip! Haha I’m dreaming but how fun would that be! You back on the road with your good buddy the Woo Van!
👏Adam loved the video! I think I’ve been following you since 2015? Maybe before. It’s when you have the rock song opening your vids and and you were exploring abandoned places. Hope you are all good and well🌞☺️😎
It's how I was when my grandparents while they were with us, decided to sell their home to move into a community. Just so many memories from growing up Christmas's, thanksgivings, the time I had lived there. So many memories, to me were being sold away....but yes your right it's an inanimate object lol. Memories will always remain
I loved your raw emotion in the original video but especially in you watched this again. I remember this video and at the time I understood you could fly to locations but the “why?” was big in my heart? Regrets are needed or you will repeat kindred mistakes...impulse decisions are NOT always bad but... I love you, Adam🥰😎
I remember this video very well. Back then I had sold a truck of mine about 2 years previous to this, I can certainly relate to how you felt about selling your van. The truck I sold was my first real expensive vehicle and it was tough seeing it go, I still remember seeing it drive away the day I sold it and I still think about to this day.
Adam I know of one of these Van's with 1 million and 300 thousand miles. Trans recently went out. Been fixed and rolling again doing a nightly courier route! So chances are she's still rolling along! Same make and model!
Not surprising that you felt emotional. That van was your freedom, your home and your inspiration. My dad had a Ford Capri in Daytona yellow when I was a kid. That car to me wasn't just a hunk of metal and cloth but a living, breathing thing. It was friendly and welcoming and took us on many adventures. Besides that it reminded me at the time of the Starsky and Hutch car (I had a bit of a thing for Starsky!). I was so upset when he sold it. Couldn't stop myself from hating his next car!
I was always curious about who’d bought your van. I had watched your video about it originally. I think you were right for saying it was a mistake to sell it. I think you should get another van. Maybe a bigger one with more room for your travels.
I remember the musician Lobo wrote a song about this very situation, surely you remember the song "me and you and a van named boo, travlin and a livin off the land"
As a newer viewer (about a year), it's been great to see your view on your older catalogue. It's interesting to see how your style has evolved over time too. I'm glad I happened upon your channel and have thus discovered some other gems (Justin, Fresh Baked, BLAB...). Keep on keepin' on, Mr. Woo :)
