Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:52:27 -0600
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt
Hood..
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Don, when I began reading your post, I was sure I was going to end up
in an undesirable (to me) category, but I turned out ok. Miraculously,
I always turn out ok, if I'm doing the judging.
I'm definitely in number 3, the all rounder. I don't care either way,
I pretty much love everybody, except anyone who voted for Bush, or the
other Bush, or Reagan, or Nixon...hey, wait a minute maybe I'm not
such a loving guy after all....but actually I am. Just wait until you
meet me. You will just love me! Anyway, all in good fun, right?
BTW Scott, watch out for that Sullivan kid, he's pretty quick with
that six gun! How much fun was it to watch that? Ha! I just love this
list, sometimes. Unless, you voted for..............
Miguel
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Scott Daniel -
Turbovans<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> hey Don,
> I just made that comment about 'brazillian' vanagons to see if anyone was
> paying attention.
> The word I'm used to is 'gazillions' but bazillions is a normal slang term
> too.
>
> well, my airstream trailer isn't perfect, so I guess I'm not a # 1.
>
> generalizations are always dangerous of course.
> got a catagory for 'none of the above" ?
>
> we could stay that vanagons are either in a state of deteriorating
> further......
> or of being cared for, serviced, and upgraded into 'more'. Somewhere on
> that scale - heading for 'forget it' .........or heading for 'loving care
> and reburbishment and improvements.'
> I'm on the 'care' end of the scale. I hate to see anything decent run into
> the ground.
> Vanagons are super worthy of taking care of and enjoying , while we still
> can.
>
> my bumper sticker says , on some of my cars :
>
> "Proud to drive a car too old for the governement to be interested in
> destroying it."
>
> I would exepct a lot of vanagons are Hood River and Mt. Hood.
> I'd be weireded out if I didn't see any around there this time of year.
> they're 'a natural' for that area and how they are used there. Cultural
> Icon even.
> scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt
> Hood..
>
>
>> You've seen em..I'd guess maybe 2 out of 10 vanagons I see around belong
>> in this category. Remember the types of vanagon owners mentioned a while
>> back?
>> 1. The Go Westy type: (not badmouthing anyone here, just casual
>> observation from my perspective) These folks want a Vanagon because
>> they're
>> so cool.. so not mainstream, and they want them perfect. These folks
>> are like people who buy 'perfect' older Airstream trailers rather than
>> brand new Prevost motorcoaches.
>> 2. The "round the world sailors".. These vanagon-eers always have some
>> kinda project going, a couple of extra vans, an engine swap, a new solar
>> power system...something that keeps them busy working on the
>> vanagons..They
>> love the 'process' of making it 'just right'. but they may never "leave
>> the
>> dock" because there is always just "one more thing that NEEDS to be
>> finished..."
>> 3. the All-rounder.(Probably the majority of Vanagon listers in this
>> category).These have great vans, obviously well cared for and sometimes
>> looking a little well-used...but as soon as they return home, they wash,
>> repair, revise and then go on the road again, ASAP. I am sorta in this
>> category except I keep my van looking pretty dowdy..
>> 4. The 'Cripes, I wish I could afford a new Chrysler Van" but instead
>> they " gotta drive a crappy old VW'...These vans usually have a somewhat
>> downscale look (owners, too), usually a buncha dents and sit on their
>> wheels(mandatory one hubcap gone) kinda crooked. Often see for sale signs
>> in them saying..."Slight oil leak" or "needs work" These people would
>> (if
>> they won the lottery) choose a Toyota Sienna over a Sprinter or a 45'
>> fifth-wheel trailer with popouts over an Airstream..They may live in
>> mobile
>> homes or manufactured houses and sometimes have lottsa tats and metal
>> stuck
>> in their eyebrows, etc.. Their other car is probably a Camaro or a primer
>> painted Chevy SS..maybe a pickup..
>>
>> I'm sure there are other sub types or probably better more P.C. and
>> 'sensitive' ways to describe *my* arbitrary ''groups' but when you see
>> 'Bazillions" (that is a new number, Scott, since Trillions are now
>> "chump-change" according to our government budget numbers) of Vanagons
>> quite
>> often, you start to 'classify' them in your mind..to lump them into
>> 'sub-groups' by type rather than by what model they are..
>>
>> Don Hanson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> At 04:42 PM 8/8/2009, Don Hanson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe 4 in the "Jeeze, I wish I had a new Crysler van instead"
>>>> modality.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What does that look like? I'm having trouble imagining it, unless it's a
>>> bumper sticker.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
>>> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>>> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>>>
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