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Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:51:27 +0000
Reply-To:     "Liberte, Joel" <joel.liberte@HP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Liberte, Joel" <joel.liberte@HP.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons are too cool?
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Considering I've had mine less than a year, I can honestly say I did not expect the attention it has received, I only wish I were as popular.

Came out of an appointment one morning and there is a girl about 22 somethingish, literally standing in front of mine hugging it. She stayed there for at least a couple minutes (or maybe it was just me dreaming, see note above)

Last week, a guy started flashing his lights and turn signals behind me after chasing for about 10 km, first thoughts were the dreaded gas line fire, next coolant leak. I pulled over and it turned out he had been trying to catch up with me (I did point out it shouldn't take long to do that) for the 10 km, had run two red lights and left his wife waiting for him at a shopping center. She wasn't to happy it seemed after we stood chatting at the side of the road for another 15 minutes.

Two offers to buy in the past two weeks as well.

Joel '90 Syncro (lovingly called dhs - das haus schwein)

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of mark drillock Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:20 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Vanagons are too cool?

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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