Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:29:51 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
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To some extent the label may be a generational thing- my wife would call you
a 'granola'.
Cya
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "dusty edwards" <dusty.edwards@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon In Autoweek Magazine - August 1, 2005
> 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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