Date:         Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:44:53 -0400
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From:         Mark Dearing <VWBrain@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fun question for Friday
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I AM THINK HE WAS THINKING HE NEEDED TO GET ONE OF THEM and just take off  
traveling  later  mark d
 
 
In a message dated 3/16/2012 8:29:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

OK,  here’s one.  Let me give a little background first.  South  Eastern,  
PA, has always had a heavy German population so there is no  surprise that 
have always been allot of VW’s around here. If cars didn’t rust  the roads 
would look like CA.  Anyway, up to about 15 years ago, there  were 4, count' ‘
em 4, places that specialized in VW’s within a short bike  distance from 
where I live.   There is a shop down the street that  was owned by an AMAZING 
German mechanic who owned a small shop next to his  house.  The shop is 
still open and run by his son. The dad has since  retired. Before he retired 
they worked together for a little while.  To  show the difference between the 
son and father, my wife brought here ‘92 Jetta  there about 12 years ago with 
a bumper piece that was falling off and the son  said he’ have to order a 
$100 part to fix it and the dad walked out and said  “why don’t you drill a 
hole here and stick a 39 cent bolt through it?”. There  is still one old 
timer that can still work on my van when I occasionally bring  it there but it 
is way $$$$.  They basically charge by the half day or  full day.

Last summer I was driving by the house/shop in the early  morning.  The dad 
was out there getting the newspaper.  He glanced  up and saw my Vanagon 
then, realizing what vehicle he had just caught a  glimpse of, he turned and 
looked at it again for a few seconds and then turned  to go back in the house.

Here’s the question.  What was going  through his head when he saw my van? I
’d like to think it was some underlying  passion for old VW’s that he 
missed but I fear his thoughts may have been  “Glad I don’t have to work on 
that piece of crap  anymore.”  

Thoughts?

Bryan