Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:42:48 -0700
Reply-To: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Subject: Re: Waving
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both hands= HELP ME, one hand= hey whatssssssssss up
peace sign= just hanging, middle finger= road rage..
i drive both old and new, so if someone is cool and not stuckup
i say YO.. hehe
still humpin today
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Joseph Fortino
fortino1@onebox.com - email
(510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax
---- Robert Keezer <WarmerWagen@AOL.COM> wrote:
> OK, that does it, I finally have something to say about waving.
>
> THEY AREN'T WAVING THEY ARE SIGNALING FOR HELP!!!!!!
>
> I drove a 64 bus daily, weekly, and monthly for 5 years between 1990-1995.
> I
> waved a lot-for tow trucks, roadside assistance, gas, and clutch cables.
> Where ever I drove, I rarely saw anyone in an old bus to wave back
> at me.
>
> This is because I rarely saw an old bus.
>
> I couldn't wave anyhow, the steering was so worn you had to keep both
> hands
> on the wheel at all times or go off the road!
>
> It was my only vehicle, as I have only own one vehicle at a time.
>
> Most of you are able to spread out the wear on several vehicles, not
> racking
> up all the miles on one car, and wracking your nerves.
>
> Now we have the A.I.R.S list.
>
> Had an A.I.R.S. list been around back when I drove the old bus, I would
> have
> been the founder!
>
> People you pass by still flash the "peace" sign, the "victory" sign,
> or is
> that the "Verizon"sign?
>
> I can guarantee that two drivers passing each other in 1952 Nash sedans
> will
> wave at each other.
> Which brings us to Vanagons-why we don't wave. It has nothing to do
> with not
> being friendly. It has to do with rareness.
>
> Vanagons aren't rare yet-certain varieties are less than others, but
> they are
> common enough to be bought by everyday people, not just the lastest
> generation of hippie look-alikes..
>
> Everyday people includes those who never owned an older model VW, never
> go to
> enthusiast meets, to them, it is just a car.
>
> They may even be loyal to it because of it's reasonable reliability,
> yet not
> loyal enough to plaster it with "Nuke the Whales" and "Visualize whirled
> peas" stickers.
> etc.
> In Washington State I have seen Vanagons used by businesses and libraries.
>
> A Vanagon has up to 200 square feet of interior space. How many Bentley
> Shop
> manuals can it hold?
> If you visit the West for the first time you will understand why we
> rarely
> report "Vanagon sightings."
>
> Seeing a Vanagon in some parts of the country might be a big event,
> like
> seeing a rain cloud in Arizona-they have rain, but not often.
>
> So out west we are flooded with Vanagons comparatively. Perhaps in
> another
> ten years we will wave. Or buy the new(old) Microbus. Will they wave
> driving
> the new Microbus? Something to ponder.
>
> Peas.
>
> Robert
> 1982 Westfalia
> Seattle
>
>
>
>
>
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