I don't really like to drive my van - I'm always afraid something is going
to break down.  But I like to simply be in my van.  I feel like I'm at
home.  Now that I'm living in a house again, I particularly like to just
take a cup of coffee & hang out in the van and read or something.  I don't
do that in front of my house - maybe because the street is so steep, it
wouldn't be comfortable? - but sometimes in other places, like leaving the
gym, I'll do that.  I guess I kind of miss living in the van, and that
feeling that this cozy place is home.

Matt, congratulations on the baby!

Joy

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I love to drive my van about that much too.  It really makes me happy when
> I
> wave to someone else driving one and they wave back.  Even happier if they
> beat me to the punch (which is a hard thing to do).  I like to fiddle with
> my van.  Gets me to relax and use my brain all at the same time.  Often I
> open up the garage, put some music on the stereo or a good book, and then
> spend some time working on the "next" project.  Nothing is that much of a
> black box that I don't feel comfortable at least taking a look and I'm
> always learning something new.  I often wish I knew more about these
> vehicles so that I could be universally effective at keep them going.
>
> I like to talk to other people who drive them.  My son and I went to a VW
> get-to-gather last month and I talked to all sorts of people I wouldn't
> have
> otherwise met.  I liked watching my son covet the DOKAs and splitties.
>  He's
> 13 and he's been talking about saving up for a K�belwagen (think they're
> his
> favorite) that we can work on together.
>
> More than just about anything else right now, I'm super excited that my
> wife
> and I are having a baby and I'm making Zeno into the perfect road-tripping
> vehicle to support the two of us and this prospective person who's on the
> way.  That's just cool.  And completely impossible with any other vehicle I
> might own.
>
> MT
> http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Sullivan
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
>
> I know it is a little off-topic...but here goes.
>
>
> My van relaxes me.
>
> I cannot take the dog in the wife's car.
> I cannot drive w/o a/c if I want to unless I am by myself(in the other
> car).
> I can't wave to folks while driving the wife's Mazda even tho it's really
> fast and fun and looks cool.  I still feel like a girl while driving it.
> I went to the doctor cuz I had an irregular heartbeat. Prescribed rest,
> vacation, herbal remedy and some Xanax.
> Retested after taking the day off and driving the van to the beach and back
> and passed the stress test w/o taking anything, except the herbal stuff.
> You do the math.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
> BTW-Just sayiing this cuz I really think the van is more than
> transportation
> but a way of thinking. (And i'm just driving a GL. Wait till I get a Syncro
> Westy w/o Fridge).
>