Date:         Sat, 5 Oct 2002 14:31:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Subject:      Re: was Driving Westy Style,
              now Waving Waving over the Bounding Main
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> Is it just because everyone is too worried about
their aging vans to get their eyes of their
guages/digitools/temp needle etc. to look up at other
VWs any more?
> Just curious,
> -Damon (always waves)

too damned many yuppies with no appreciation of history
these days. eurovan people just stare at you when you
wave at them. :( new beetle folks just glare at you.

in the old days, when  there were so few of the
vehicles out there, every 'scarce' model waved at each
other ... MGs, Triumphs, BMWs, Porches, and, of course,
vw buses and beetles. not Mercedes however ... they
MIGHT nod their head slightly upon making eye contact.
;)

it was also a head-turner to see more than one of such
cars in one place ... if you saw two or more beetles or
buses parked together, people started staring. :)  we
were going to florida once in a beetle and came up
behind another beetle on the way. we just tooled along
behind them for many miles and another beetle came up
behind us. all three of us were just driving along
together, enjoying the ride, and all the american cars
going both ways just stared at us as they passed. :)
it didn't last too long .. the first guy had to turn
off and then the last guy turned off, too. but it was
neat while it lasted. :)

unca joel