Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:19:42 -0600
Reply-To: dusty edwards <dusty.edwards@MAC.COM>
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From: dusty edwards <dusty.edwards@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
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well, i think that, at 27, i'm too young to be considered a hippie.
however, i'm a vegetarian, westfalia drivin', birkenstock wearin',
dreadlocked, festival goin', phish followin' {before :-(}, organic
foods freak. we took the westy from denver to great woods, to camden,
to coventry VT for the last phish run. but, hey, i've got an
incredible job doing graphic design, promoting natural foods. ...and i
prefer urban outfitters.
which brings me to my latest thought: what's up w/ german products and
the hippie (type) folk? VWs, birkenstocks, etc...
dusty.
On Aug 4, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Aaron Pearson wrote:
> this brings to mind a question: how many of us are "hippies"? i don't
> think of my syncro as a "hippie van", it's a 4wd brute that i use for
> hauling stuff on mountain trips. but i also use it to camp at
> festivals
> and tailgate at red rocks. i listen to a lot of hippie music (i was in
> high school in vermont at the beginning of the phish era) and vote
> green, but i work 9 - 5 and shop at the gap.
>
> it seems like most vanagon owners are utilitarian german van
> enthusiasts, not dead-following, nader-voting vegans. am i right?
>
> aaron
> '97 syncro gl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of dusty edwards
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:06 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
>
> hey - there was even a mention of Phish in that
> article.....niiiiiiiiiiiiiccccee.
> "While the VW van is perfect for following the Grateful Dead or later,
> Phish, it is the original perfect vehicle for road tripping."
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Aaron Pearson wrote:
>
>> i met a foursome driving a western road trips van in aspen. my wife
>> and i were having lunch in ours, and these folks asked us if "we knew
>> anything about these vans". apparently their ecu was buzzing, all
>> through the night with the van off. it was an 87-88 westfalia. i had
>
>> no idea why an ecu would buzz, but i told him that the "black box" was
>
>> very important and that he should call the rental company.
>>
>> of course i'm not knocking western road trips, but i've always
>> wondered what was wrong with the ecu. otherwise it seemed like a
>> pretty solid and clean van.
>>
>> aaron
>> '87 syncro gl
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of Bob Stevens
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:02 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
>>
>> That is very cool! Thanks Brucue.
>>
>> http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102839
>>
>> bob
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Reply-To: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
>> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 18:55:47 -0500
>>
>> I can't believe that nobody has mentioned this yet.
>>
>> The August 1, 2005 issue of Autoweek has an brief blurb on Vanagons.
>> There is even a picture of a beautiful blue Westy that is the same
>> color as my van Vincent.
>>
>> The article is about summer road trips, and the section on Vanagons
>> (and a
>> EuroVan) begins on page 24. The article is about how great the Vanagon
>
>> (especially the Westy) is for road trips and camping. The article
>> begins:
>> "The best-known secret of the RV community is the humble and
>> ubiquitous Volkswagen van." There is a picture of a Vanagon Westy and
> a EuroVan.
>> The article talks about an outfit in Salt Lake City called Western
>> Road Trips.
>> It was started by two rock climbers that found the Vanagon to be the
>> perfect climbing assault vehicle. They started the company that rents
>> out VW campers (the company owns eight Westy Vanagons and one Westy
>> EuroVan).
>>
>> It is nice to get some positive press from the mainstream media. I'm
>> just disappointed that they left out any mention of John Wallace.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bruce
>> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>>
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