Date:         Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:44:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fryday
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On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Evan Mac Donald <evanm@ATT.NET> wrote:
> > There are several categories of bus pilots out there, and here are a
> few -
> Some of us just ignore these kind of reactions in the general populous...
> Some of us go along with it...
> Some of us drive our vans simply to see what reactions we will get THIS
> time...
> And some of us are the cause of it!
>
> Where do you fit in?
>
> I
>

  Reactions?

  I really don't much notice what other peoples reactions are like when I
drive my Vanagon.  Sometimes if or when someone speaks directly to me about
Vanagons or points or waves...sure..I take the compliment (almost always
that) but I don't drive a Vanagon to cause any reaction..I drive one because
it's the right vehicle for me right now.  There just isn't another vehicle
that would work as well for what I do with mine...I looked.  I chose to do
the Vanagon...for now.

The other vehicles that are 'close' all have something that makes them
unsuitable, or 'less suited' to what I want and need  ....Too big and
high...the Sprinter vans.  Too low, little ground clearance...the generic
minivans.  Too small, the Toyota 4x4 vans of old. Poor gas mileage, the full
size vans from US makers..The only ones that are 'close' aren't importable
into the US..some of the diesel vans in Europe and Asia seem more
appropriate, but I ain't gonna take on the expense and the hassel of getting
one of those to the States to drive when I can do a great vanagon for around
$5000 (that is what I estimate I have in my Inline four VW motored 84 semi
Westie, after I've done all the R&R to make run like a new vehicle.)

  I don't care much what others think about what vehicle I am driving...as
long as they leave us alone.  I look around at traffic when I visit the city
and think about all the other drivers with their car payments and parking
passes, their fuming in gridlock often..and it sometimes hits me that I too
could do that.....Nah!

  Don Hanson