I see that many in my driveway. A dozen a day is not an unusual occurance
around here.

Damn cats who live in/on the ones in my driveway NEVER wave. How RUDE!

tim in san jose

>
>I live in Nelson, British Columbia and driving through the Kootenay
>Mountains everyday, one is likely to see atleast that many Westies. It's
>quite remarkable. Like you, I am often disappointed by those who do not
>display the "V" salute after I wave enthusiastically like a grinning idiot.
>Steve - '84 Westy (Moaning Myrtle)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffrey Earl" <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:03 AM
>Subject: A red letter day for Westy sightings in Madison/Wisconsin
>
>
> > Owning and driving a Westy, or even a Vanagon, can
> > often be a lonely enterprise. Hence my pleasant
> > surprise yesterday morning when, embarking upon my
> > daily 25-mile commute to work in my ivory '83 diesel
> > camper, I spotted a silver-gray 80-85 Westy waiting
> > across the intersection from me. When I got the green
> > arrow I turned in front of him and waved in a friendly
> > fashion, but there was no response beyond a dazed and
> > distant stare. Despite the sheer joy of driving the
> > most ingenious vehicle ever made, this fellow seemed
> > to have lost all zest for life. Or perhaps he simply
> > needed his morning coffee.
> >
> > A few minutes later, outbound on East Washington Ave.
> > near Hwy 30, I met a white 80-85 Westy and this guy
> > more than made up for the last sluggard, waving
> > enthusiastically and grinning like a fool. He may even
> > have been wagging his tail in excitement, like an
> > anxious Labrador retriever going on a car ride.
> >
> > A half-hour later, down the road a piece in Lake
> > Mills, I met a brown 86-91 Vanagon. Knowing that many
> > Vanagon drivers do not feel the cultish kinship often
> > shared by we Westy owners, and seeing it was driven by
> > a woman, many of whom seem to be sadly lacking in the
> > maniacal obsessive-compulsive Vanagon behavior
> > exhibited by those of us with a Y-chromosome, I
> > decided to forego the obligatory wave. So imagine my
> > astonished delight when the pretty gal smiled and
> > sheepishly waved!
> >
> > Finally, at lunchtime, there was a biege Type 2 Westy
> > parked in the lot of the Lake Mills McDonald's, just
> > off I-94. The engine-access lid was propped open, so
> > thinking they may need roadside assistance, I tootled
> > over there but no one was around. I did see a very
> > large Vice-Grips pliers holding something onto the
> > engine, but in retrospect I suppose there is nothing
> > particularly unusual about that.
> >
> > Outside of a VW show, I don't think I've ever seen so
> > many Westies and Vanagons in one day, not even during
> > cross-country roadtrips thru several national parks.
> > Did other list members experience similar sightings,
> > or was it just my lucky day? Was there some larger
> > cosmic alignment yesterday? If any of these fellow
> > travellers was you, let me know!
> >
> > Jeffrey Earl
> > 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
> >
> >
> >
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