> bob .... is there a Memorial Day for Expired Vanagon's?

well ... there is the old no-longer-celebrated-in-some-places Feast
Day of Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers ... July 25th
everywhere except Greece (where it is held on March 9th).
oh, and he's also no longer a true saint .. he was de-canonized a
while back. so all those old medals on the dashboards are kinda ...
well ... fake? now. :(

or maybe we should just start one ... since the new model year always
seemed to start in August, we could place der Tag des Bulli (the day
of the Bus/Transporter/Vanagon) on August 1st every year. to celebrate
the passing of the old model year and the start of the new model year,
and to remember all the gefallen Kameraden (dead friends) or
wirkungslos Wagen (no-longer-working vehicles) over the years.

unca joel