I want the opposite sticker. One to put on the front, with reversed lettering so it would be visible in the car in fronts mirror. It would say "This is a VW bus. If I'm tailgating you, there's something seriously wrong with the way you drive." And I'm continuously amazed at the number of people I tailgate. Especially on highway entrance ramps, where, for reasons I don't understand, people here think the best way to merge with traffic going 70 plus is to ease off the ramp at 25-30. I end up whipping around them and into the left lane if traffic permits. And I have a 1.9. John Flaherty Portland, Maine '84 GL
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Speer" <jspeer@POBOX.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: Bumper Stickers (a bit of a rant)
> Ok, after driving my van for a couple thousand miles in and around the Twin > Cities of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, I've arrived at two bumper > stickers I'd like to either find or have made up. > > 1) Don't Tailgate: IT WON'T HELP! > > 2) You're behind a Vanagon. Deal with it. > > There is a very nice dark green 70's Westy I see now and then that has the > following stickers: > > "0-60 Eventually" > > "Never get behind a Bus" > > "Honk if something falls off" > > I've been using my van as my daily driver for a couple of weeks now. I come > in to work fairly early, so the traffic is usually light. > > Going home, however, traffic frequently very heavy even by my former New > York City standards. Every day without fail there is some butt-head right on > my tail down the freeway entrance ramp. Once we get to the freeway they > immediately zoom out into traffic (ignoring any of those annoying lines that > happen to be painted on the road surface) and shoot past me. > > But.... also nearly without fail, after an exit or two, I end up passing the > former tailgating butt-head for some reason. Frequently it is because they > have been boxed in somehow. Can't help but smile when I see that. > > Regards, > > -jspeer > > '89 Westy, "Mystery Machine" > |
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