Can I hear a loud A-MEN! brothers and sisters....
bmc  :)
89 syncro
90 syncro westy
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: Julian Burden <julian.burden@SYMPATICO.CA>
> Reply-To: Julian Burden <julian.burden@SYMPATICO.CA>
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:04:04 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: You know you're a Vanagon driver when . . .
>
> You know you're a Vanagon driver when . . .
>
> - you've got 60 emails in your inbox and half of them are about what colour
> to paint wheel rims
> - most of the others are about pop-top colours - and somehow this evolved
> from the rims discussion
> - the service station attendant puts petrol in your oil filler
> - your van quantum leaps across two lanes because of a cross-wind
> - you're disappointed that the driver of the other Vanagon doesn't return
> your frantic wave
> - you drive up a hill
> - it's time to do the heads - again
> - you get a speeding ticket and thank the police officer
> - you wake your passenger to tell them you just overtook another vehicle
> - your working Vanagon is parked in the street because the non-working
> Vanagon is taking up the driveway and the garage is full of Vanagon parts
> - you have trouble deciding whether to send your car to the mechanic or your
> son to the doctor
> - you get a sinking feeling in your gut every time you drive past a
> jack-hammer
> - your partner tells you that you can't buy another parts Vanagon
> - you note that a replacement water tank / battery indicator for your westie
> is going to cost US$180 - and you buy it anyway
> - you use your stove for comfort heating ("It is unsafe to use cooking
> appliances for comfort heating.")
> - you have three heaters in your car - but only one of them works
> - your .sig reads "'87 Syncro Westie, '86 Westie, '85 Vanagon"
> - other drivers smile when they see you
> - your mechanic SMILES when he sees you
>