> this brings to mind a question:  how many of us are "hippies"?  i don't
> think of my syncro as a "hippie van", it's a 4wd brute that i use for
> hauling stuff on mountain trips.  but i also use it to camp at festivals
> and tailgate at red rocks.  i listen to a lot of hippie music (i was in
> high school in vermont at the beginning of the phish era) and vote
> green, but i work 9 - 5 and shop at the gap.
>
> it seems like most vanagon owners are utilitarian german van
> enthusiasts, not dead-following, nader-voting vegans.  am i right?
>
I think that hippies in vw buses are the prevalent stereotype out there. It
is right up there w/ if you live in Utah like I do, then you are Mormon. I
am neither, but am constantly dealing w/ these stereotypes. I guess it's
better than looking of middle eastern ethnicity at the moment, at least we
are not being persecuted anymore for driving our hippie vans! At least I
have not had that problem.

FWIW,

Tom-heading to Burning Man in my hippie van-grin