Date:         Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:58:15 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: vw uniqueness

Joel Walker writes:
> 
> On Wed, 24 Aug 94 12:42:10 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said:
> >On our trip, we waved at all of the VW Bricks we saw.  The number of friendly
> >return waves was dismally low.  I really thought I'd get a better response.
> 
> yeah, that's been the response i have observed as well. but i think it is
> because of the mentality of the folks who bought the buses as just 'vans',
> and not as VW's. there's a very subtle difference there, and perhaps these
> are the people who actively seek out the caravan: the non-wavers.

I went on a little 600 mile jaunt this last weekend, and was pleasantly suprised
at the number of VW van owners that waved.  All but one, I think...  never
happens in the city though... seems the farther out in the boonies I am, the
more people wave.

-David

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David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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