Last chance to get your entries in = for the coveted Vanagon Schmoo Award. Entries are accepted through Tuesday = August 7, the cut off date. Just to refresh everyones memory, the van that has = been towed the most times in the last year (August 1, 2000 thru August 1, = 2001) will win the award. The trophy to the winner is a genuine blue and = yellow California plate that reads "1Schmooo" that came off my 1984 Westfalia. The winner can put it in their trophy case, on the = mantle piece, or even display it proudly on their winning Vanagon. They = also must agree to pass it on to next years most towed Vanagon.

There have been only two entries so = far. Everyone on the list must be too talented in mechanics to enter. = You always hear of the bad mechanical reputation of the Vanagon but the lack = of entries should prove something. None of the four Volkswagens I = have owned (1965 Type 3 Karmann Ghia and 1969, 1980, and 1984 Westfalias) have ever = been on a tow truck under my ownership. Now saying that, I am sure I will = be challenging for the Schmoo award next year.