Date: 18 Oct 96 11:55:15 EDT
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "Turner,Ronald L." <102660.66@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Copy of: Re: Bus drivers and waving.
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>From: Turner,Ronald L., 102660,66
TO: Hotch, INTERNET:hotch@netaxs.com
DATE: 10/18/96 5:34 AM
RE: Copy of: Re: Bus drivers and waving.
There is, (and always will be) an "animosity" that some aircooled drivers feel
toward the watercooled drivers. The watercooled Vanagons are not in the same
"cult class" as the aircooled buses. I've been ridiculed by a couple of my die
hard splitty friends for having a watercooled vanagon. They tell me to "drive a
real bus" and would sooner give the middle finger to a vanagon driver who waved
at them. This is why if I were driving my Vanagon, I wouldn't even bother waving
at aircooled buses, but if I were driving my '77 or my '67, I would.
Aircooled bus drivers have sort of a "cliche" (sp?) that watercooled Vanagon
drivers will never belong to. It all stems back from the whole "simple"
aircooled bus, easy to work on, etc and the people who drive them everyday, as
their daily driver. To some diehard aircooled enthusiasts, the Vanagon does not
imply anything "simple", and they percieve the drivers of them are more of the
professional ( ie. "yuppie") / don't do any of their own work- types.
Believe it or not folks, this is true ,and you know it. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION,
I am just stating the facts. This list split into seperate aircooled and
watercooled lists, right? Some shows I've been to have been aircooled only shows
- no waterpumpers allowed.
(just to set the record straight- I have a '67, a '77 and a '87 VW vans , so I
am not biased to any which one, regardless of body types or engine cooling
methods. )
While I completely realize not all aircooled drivers feel this sentiment, it
does exist, so unfortuneately air and water will never really mix. That's
just how it is, and that's a reason vanagon drivers don't get many waves from
the aircooled bus drivers.
chris
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