

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons".. |
| From: | Allan Streib |
| Date: | Mon, 12 May 2008 10:58:55 -0400 |
I'd like to have the "Magic Bus", myself..... http://www.thewhomagicbus.com/litetickets/ticketselection.asp "Lee Kirstein" <leekirstein@GMAIL.COM> said: > I've also heard "Terrorist Bus" as a nickname (maybe stemming from the 60's > bus used in Back to the Future?). > > If anything, I'd prefer Hippie Bus over terrorist bus! > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:21 AM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 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". > >
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