Date:         Mon, 3 Jun 1996 07:40:33 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dirk Wright <wright@uspto.gov>
Subject:      Re: Lunacy and gratitude

On Fri, 31 May 1996, Eric Rainey wrote:
> I had barely gotten her out of my parents driveway heading home when I
> realized, no way, I can't let the old girl go.  She's too good.  So I'm
> heading down the highway, tranny fluid and oil gushing, rust accelerating,
> crosswinds blowing her about, even grey haired granny's passing me on the
> interstate, get back, sell the truck.  And I couldn't be happier.  Am I a
> lunatic or what?

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Modern cars and trucks are so cloely 
similar to each other that an air cooled, rear engined micro bus really 
appears radical. Your typical modern passenger car has: front wheel 
drive, plastic bumpers, flush fit glass, streamlined look, etc. Your bus 
has character, which comes from having the courage to "go your own way." 
a modern car only says "me too."


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Dirk Wright 						       wright@uspto.gov
"I speak for myself and not my employer"                   1974 Porsche 914 2.0
"A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns"
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