Date:         Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:36:10 -0500
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: Car tastes of our teenagers
Comments: To: Gary Stearns <gstearns@optonline.net>
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Sam W wrote:
>>  We'll see what puberty does for his car
>> tastes.
>>
>> Sam Walters
>> '84 Vanagon, 174k
>> '89 Syncro, 176 k
>> 11 year old Alex, future driver

Gary S wrote:
> Since I agree with the theory that all teenagers go through a period of
> temporary insanity (Even, no make that especially me. Somehow I survived.),
> I am thinking that my 13 year old son will have to satisfy himself with an
> old tank. I'm thinking Checker Marathon myself...

My comments:

As my twin fifteen year old boys turn sixteen within weeks, I am keenly
aware of how "uncool" the Vans are.  They are almost equally dismayed with
my choice of an '81 diesel Rabbit as 'their' car (augmented by my "sits in
the alley and gets used as a truck S-10).  They will follow in the
footsteps/tire tracks of their two older brothers who were forced to endure
econobox junkers until their driving and maintenance skills warranted step
up next cars. Son # 1 now has a beautiful '98 VR6 GTI and son #2 drives a
pristine '92 Jetta and has a '68 Karmaan Ghia as a keeper. Both of them
learned about cars through a series of object lessons and over several years
of servitude to their econobox beginnings. The older siblings both admit
that the utility of the vans is beginning to grow on them...particularly for
moving and weekend camping.


--
Stephen Steele
Chillicothe OH
'91 Caravelle  Hans
'84 Westfalia  Fritz or Sunny?