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Date:         Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:04 -0800
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wash DC tailgating ;)
Comments: To: joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <004401c94c14$d36b20c0$0101a8c0@gp207joel>
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Driving a Vanagon is that you do not need to armor it like that to keep others from tailgating you. Just drive normally and stay cool. I have a theory about driving a Vanagon. The faster you drive the more likely you get tailgated. Very few would take the risk of cutting you off in front of you either. It's too much risk to be run over by a heavy metal brick.

David

--- On Fri, 11/21/08, joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote:

> From: joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET> > Subject: Re: Wash DC tailgating ;) > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 12:07 PM > >>Yeah, I only tailgate when that f^*^&@ idiot in > front of me is > >>pissing me > off. And I only pass on a solid yellow when the jerk in > front of me is > doing that lame speed limit. Oh yeah, that stupid flashing > red lights > on > the school bus pisses me off too. I get SOO MAD. I usually > have to > drive > around it on someone's lawn. > > >I didn't know you live in the Washington DC area!! > > :) > > true story ... a sergeant in the army that i knew was > stationed in > wash dc and he and his family only had one car. since the > government > doesn't see fit to pay military folks enough to be able > to live in > wash dc area, his wife had to find a job. so they needed > two cars. > > he found an $800 cadillac ... cheapest car he could find > that was > running and wasn't completely rusted out. > > only thing was .... the reason it wasn't rusted out ... > was cause > every fender and door and hood and trunk had already been > replaced. > from various cars from the junkyard. so NONE of the > fenders, doors, > hood, trunk matched in color! (sort of like Johnny > Cash's 57-58-59-60 > Cadillac in the song). > > in addition, it had a 6x6 redwood post as the rear bumper. > :) > > now, the funny thing was ... NOBODY would tailgate him. > they wouldn't > pull out in front of him ... nobody would even stay next to > him on the > beltway. > > he said it was the most comfortable driving he'd ever > done. :) > > unca joel > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------

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