

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons".. |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:08 -0700 |
darn that contest is all over .. i wonder if the bus is for sale on ebay /... lol On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > 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". > > > > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking up garbage and telling people things. Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ----------------------------------------------------------- View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners and ... older work at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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