Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:28:46 +0000
Reply-To: tonyd <tonyd@CANDESA.COM>
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From: tonyd <tonyd@CANDESA.COM>
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Subject: Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitis Cured!)
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I think the "wave" is more appreciated among the vintage bus crowd. when i
owned my '70 there was much waving. now i own an '87 and there has been
little response from the other vanagon owners. my theory is, that even
though we put work into our bricks, there will be no comparison to the
customizing, sweat and tears that go into the splits etc. i mean, it's a
damn miracle that the things are still on the road in the first place and
that is a direct result of the owners pain and agony put into the bus. it
just shows more when you restore a 66 split, 21 window ragtop, than when
we fix our O2 censor :)
anyway, just my 70 cents worth- i'll keep waving because i know what we're
all going thru classic or not
Tony
missing my loaf, loving my brick
87 GL
Michael Harrnacker wrote:
> > P.S. The highlight of my trip was when I casually
> > waved to a Westfalia
> > driver approaching from the other direction -- and
> > he waved back!
> >
> There's a strong sense among the short-wheelbase, top-comes-off Jeep
> owners (used to own a Wrangler) that waving to your fellow Jeepers was
> not just a nice thing to do, but a way of paying homage to the vehicle
> you were driving. Generally, it fell to the owner of the newer Jeep
> to initiate the "Jeep wave," and the owner of the older Jeep could
> wave back or just nod in acknowledgement.
>
> I've tried to do the "wave" to other Vanagons while driving around
> town but haven't gotten a "reply" yet. Is there a "Transporter Wave"
> out there I haven't witnessed yet? If there isn't, I think it falls
> to us listees (listers?) to get one going. The same rules would apply
> where the owners of Vanagon would have to initiate the wave to Type
> 2s; EuroVans would start the wave to Vanagons; passanger vans would
> wave to Westies of the same year (the model heirarchy applies as well
> as year heirarchy). We'd have to spread the word to the Type2 list as
> well.
>
> Let me know if you think this exists already, partially, or not at all.
> ==
> Mike Harrnacker
> 89 Weekender "Nameles"
> 91 Golf
> http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/vwbus
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