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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".
> >