Yesterday (Sunday) I bought my dad (althought it'll end up being mine as he has a 74 Westfalia already) another Westfalia to play with (non-running 1978).  On my way back from the bank with the money I saw a nice blue-green Eurovan with the magnetic stick-on flowers about to pass me driving the orange Deadhead Westfalia.  I waved but they didn't; guy looked mesmerrized by the boring I-5, which is a common problem!  On the other hand, when I got back to Stockton a young man in a nice 60s bus with roof rack waved, as did a couple of people in air-cooled Bugs.  Lots of people had their aircooleds out yesterday in my neck of the woods.

>>> Maynard Southard <echomhs@gis.net> 04/30/01 08:58AM >>>
I drive a Eurovan and always wave at other VW Vans.  I often get strange
looks from Vanagon & Bus owners - I don't think they know what a Eurovan is!
But then, I often get that look when I wave at Eurovans too! (Why the he##
is that guy waving at us?)

I started waving in 1980 when I drove from Anchorage to Dallas in my '74
camper. EVERYONE waved on the AlCan, regardless of what you were driving
(even the big rigs).  You never know when you'll need a friendly hand on the
side of the road.

Maynard
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
'93 EV GL "Klinger"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
'84 Jetta GL TD "Donor"

> -----Original Message-----
> Date:    Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:54:26 -0700
> From:    '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@vanagon.org>
> Subject: Waving (Was: Van reactions)
>
> In Toronto I get waves from splitties, bays, and vanagons all
> whether they are westies or not. I have never to date gotten
> a wave from a Eurovan, this was the previous owners
> experience as well.. he told me that I would get waves from
> all VW buses but NOT Eurovans, so far he has been right.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris