Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:23:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
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Now don’t get me wrong. Don’t think I’m accusing anyone or if this has to do with any recent list subjects.

It’s ti do with my own experience, day to day. I work where I’m the oldest person. This is a first for me. The other guys are half my age and pretty well twice my smarts. And we do a lot of Toyota Tacoma and forerunner accessories and mods. And some jeep stuff.

These vehicles are all within 5 years old, many are brand new. The purchase price of these toys is high, and what we put on them isn’t cheap.

Customers all younger than me, all enthusiastic and energetic. And all want that off road ( overland) look for the trucks.

As an owners group, they all are much younger and more willing to spend money than what the average vanagon owner is. They vast majority of vanagon owners I meet are around my age(61). Yes, I know there are younger owners, some of the van life types, but majority are old farts. And we old farts are tight with our money. And often we have the btdt attitude that I’m finding, in myself, to be a negative attitude.

What do you folk think? I know there are younger list members, even now with the list being much much much quieter than the hay days of the 90s and 00s.


Just a Friday musing eh?

Alistair