Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:18:46 -0700
Reply-To: "Patrick Callaghan Jr." <patcal@qwest.net>
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From: "Patrick Callaghan Jr." <patcal@qwest.net>
Subject: Re: Van reactions
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I am origianly from Buffalo. I understand the east/west coast thing. The
problem started when I got the Vanagon. I always got waved to when I had
my bays. Oh well. I wave anyway. May they all think I'm nuts. :)
Pat Callaghan
82 Westy
Portland, OR.
http://www.users.qwest.net/~patcal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Borghese" <vanagon@groupstudy.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: Van reactions
> I think it might be an east-coast vs west-coast thing. On the east we
> always wave when another VW passes. But this summer I drove out to the
west
> coast on vacation and noticed nobody was waving. In fact, if you were to
> wave, they would look at you strange.
>
> Paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ""Patrick Callaghan Jr."" <patcal@qwest.net>
> Newsgroups: groupstudy.vanagon
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Van reactions
>
>
> > Since I bought my first Vanagon westy last October I have been waved at
> > once. This weekend a old dude on a late bay waved & smiled. Other then
> > that I never get waved to. When I had bay windows I was always getting
> > waved to. All this no-waving my damage my already warped mind. :)
> >
> >
> > Pat Callaghan
> > 82 Westy
> > Portland, OR.
> > http://www.users.qwest.net/~patcal
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: Van reactions
> >
> >
> > > At 08:35 AM 4/30/2001, Gary Stearns wrote:
> > > >Wow. We always get the opposite reaction. Just yesterday a kid in a
> BMW
> > > >328 passed me at an intersection and gave a big smile and thumbs up.
> > When
> > > >we're on the highway it's entertaining to watch people's reactions.
> Most
> > > >will smile or nod approvingly. Kids will point and try to get
everyone
> > > >else in the car too look. A few
> > >
> > > A while ago someone said that Westy people seemed snooty and didn't
wave
> > to
> > > them -- my experience (driving a Westy) is the opposite, that
non-Westy
> > > people are considerably less likely to wave. Is it possible that each
> > > sub-population preferentially waves to its own members? I'm quite
> > > indiscriminate myself, I'm so pleased when I see one at all...
> > >
> > > d
> > >
> > >
> > > David Beierl - Providence, RI
> > > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> > > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> > > '85 GL "Poor Relation"
> > >
> >
>
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