Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:37:46 -0500
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons are too cool?
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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Loren, I'll buy that!

I get young people all the time giving me the peace sign or wave when
I'm out driving. I have a beard, drive sometimes with a Bob Marley
T-shirt, a flat hat and sunglasses. It does get attention. I think they
think it's cool that this old guy from the era is still driving his "bus"!

Tickles the fancy, you know!

John

On 3/20/2013 8:39 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
> RE: Cool Vanagons
> Thinking about this since Mark's initial post and thinking about the appeal
> of our Vanagons to younger people leads me to wonder about this as at least
> part of the reason.  First, the younger people may well not  see a
> differencce between a Bus and a Vanagon.  They are are simply Buses and in
> their minds they are the icon of the '60's and Hippies.  And I also suspect
> that there is a mythology today about the  Hippie era that exists in the
> minds of younger generations that weren't there, in fact their parents are
> probably the sons and daughters of those who were.  So these young people
> see the VW Bus as the icon of that time and the Vanagon the same as a
> Splittie in their minds.
> .
>