exerpt from a current thread ongoing by our brothers there over on the audi
quattro list....
chris
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Subj:    Re: audi 10v turbo in a VW van?
Date:   10/28/00 4:16:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   tquattroguy@yahoo.com (Todd Phenneger)
Sender: quattro-admin@audifans.com
To: lindgre@online.no (Per Lindgren), quattro@audifans.com

I only know 3 people personally that have Vanagons.  And all
three could be charachterized as Hippies.  Or Tree Huggers, or
Outdoorsy types.  THey all fit, and are all partially true.  But
does it matter.  I'm sure Shayne didn't mean anything bad by the
term Hippie.  I'm a car Freak.  Yea, I'm a freak.  I freely
admit it.  When I met Shayne, he looked like a Hippie Car Freak.
 I dont know why everyone has to jump down someones throat every
time a nationality or behavioral descriptive term comes up.
Many Vanagon owners are hippies, many aren't, but probably more
are than most car owners.  Thus, more listers probably are as
well.
  Ok,  Enough babbling.
l8r
  Todd  (BTW,  I wasn't saying you jumped down his throat, that
was just a generalization term)

--- Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no> wrote:
>
>
> Alexander van Gerbig wrote:
>
> >     I don't think that statement holds any negative
> connotations of hippies,
> > just stating that list has more of them.
>
> During my 2-year "membership" at the Vanagon list, I can say
> that most of the
> people didnt seem like hippies to me. They are more of the
> Camper type people.
>
> PerL
> 92 Cab 2,3
>