Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 20:02:44 -0400
Reply-To: "John P. Flaherty" <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM>
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From: "John P. Flaherty" <jflahert@MAINE.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: Bumper Stickers (a bit of a rant)
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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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