A few days ago i was driving around to add some test miles to my van, with
my older brother riding shotgun. It was a beautiful day, so the windows were
down and the music was playing. Well as we entered the local park, a large
group of say 20 middle school aged childred started giving peace signs and
running after the bus yelling things like "Sweet Hippy Bus" and "Wow, look
at that", and some even broke out into singing the Scooby Dooo Themesong.
Well we made our lap around the park, and as we were coming back that way i
was amazed to see all these kids standing alongside the road with their
cameraphones out, waiting.

So I turned up The Grateful Dead music, flashed them a peace sign, and went
on my way. It was clear that "that hippy wagon" made their day! I've also
gotten this response from more than a handful of older people, who see any
rear engined VW van (they may not know where the engine is, but EVERYONE can
associate the differences between the T3 and T4....), as a "Volkswagen Bus".

The curtains help : )

-Craig
'85GL

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hippie Van?  Those darn Amerikans!
>
> I saw two boys in the parking lot nearly knock each other out playing
> "Punch
> Bug" when saw me in my 2001 Beetle TDI.
>
> Chris.
>