Date:         Wed, 15 May 2002 10:15:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Bumper Stickers (a bit of a rant)
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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"