> Yeah, I've never seen a full arm wave either, except from close friends
> and family. Though there was an exuberant family in a vanagon who
> cheered and waved to see my red vanagon cruising the main drag through
> town about six months ago. I count it among my most elevated vanagon
> experiences, wish all vanagon drivers were that enthusiastic. Most van
> owners in town don't react unless they are in the same color van as the
> one I'm driving, then I get a you-stole-my-car look of shock for a
> second or two. But where I live is nothing like out in the country.
>

Reminds moi of a wave I got once in my DC outside Moab, Utah- My wife & I
were coming back from a camping trip, & a young woman sees the DC & holds
her hand to her heart & points to us(the DC actually), jumps up & down as we
drive by.  My wife looks at moi & says WTF, do you get a lot of those
reactions in the bus when I am not w/ you?  I say, "no honey, this is the
first time"!

grin,

Tom