Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:14:11 +0000
Reply-To:     Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro de Mayo gets shout out on Car Talk from "Brigitte"
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Ahh  I was listening to this at work then a drive came in and tried to yack my ear off, I turned the radio up!  They told her to have fun in her Syncro since they decided she had already made up her mind.  They also told her don't drive it to Alaska, she won't make it......
 
Ryan
 
> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:18:32 -0800
> From: oxroad@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Syncro de Mayo gets shout out on Car Talk from "Brigitte"
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> A women going by the pseudonym "Brigitte" called Car Talk today to ask for
> advice on buying a Syncro Westfalia. She said she is an airline pilot
> transferred to the San Francisco area
> and it was impossible for her to pay $750,000 for a home with the paycuts at
> the airlines.
> 
> "What's the difference between a Pizza and an Airline Pilot," she asked.
> When Click and Clack couldn't guess she told them "A Pizza can feed a family
> of four."
> 
> Anyway she wanted a Syncro camper so she could tour around when not sleeping
> in the airport employee parking lot. She said she wanted to get in the
> "club"
> with the folks that own Syncros and attend events like Syncro de Mayo.
> 
> Click and Clack advised her against the the 4 wheel drive since she really
> had no need for it except she thought the idea of it was cool.
> 
> Honestly I don't remember what the final outcome was-- if she was still set
> on a Westfalia by the conversation's end.
> I'm sure you'd all let her attend your events with a 2 wheel drive and watch
> from a distance.
> 
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA