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Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:36:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons are too cool?
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <514A19F4.4060806@cox.net>
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I don't know about cool but in Mexico (regarding theft) I think anything is up for grabs. Not much better in the U.S. either (if at all....).... On Mar 20, 2013 1:20 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> On our recent trip to Baja with 10 vans something happened that makes me > wonder. Everywhere we went people waved, gave thumbs up, or flashed > peace signs. I understand that seeing 10 vans in a row is unusual and > would provoke some responses but this also happened repeatedly when > there was only my van or a couple around. Why or how did Vanagons get to > be considered so cool? Even to Mexicans? > > People of all ages responded to our vans. Maybe more teenage girls than > any other demographic but all demographics were involved. In one town a > Mexican man came up to me and started asking questions. Soon he pointed > to his teenage son waiting in their vehicle and said the son had been > asking about finding one for a while. > > At one long stretch of desert a car went speeding past our caravan as we > drove at a more cautious rate. The car pulled off way ahead and the guy > got out with a camera to take photos or video as we all passed. This > happened again on a different day and that guy went far enough ahead > that he had time to set up a tripod in a curved section before we got > there. > > All this makes me chuckle but it also makes me slightly nervous. I need > to park my vans unattended, sometimes for long periods. Are they now > cool enough to steal? > > Mark >


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