Date:         Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:50:13 -0600
Reply-To:     jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      something to think about ... :)
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i'm browsing through my collection of junk, some of which is kept in 3-ring binders, and ran across this little blurb from the old vwoa magazine they would send out to vw owners.

"Official Van Jamming

"beetle stuffling" was a popular fad in the sixties, when groups tried to stuff as many people as possible in a Beetle.  Anywhere from 18 to 103 college students have been known to squeeze into a Beetle.

Now, VW is running an official Volkswagen Van Jam as a special halftime event at 12 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) games, sponsored by Volkswagen United States.  The object is for local youth groups to stuff themselves into Vanagons.

There will be two Vanagons at each game and VW will donate $20 for each member of the winning team to the local Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) chapter.

So far, the best space utilization occurred in San Diego, when 80 people squeezed themselves into a Vanagon, and the local MADD chapter gained $1600."

now, i MIGHT believe 80 people in a vanagon, based on the pictures that accompany the article ... i can see eight heads and seven pairs of feet in the rear hatch opening alone. but i ain't believing no 103 people in a VW beetle!!!
maybe ON it as well as IN it, that is, hanging on the roof/hood/running boards/trunk/bumper/etc ... but there is no way that MORE people are gonna fit IN a beetle than in a vanagon. :)

unca joel