My diesel Westy had tags that read,?"brokdwn" (Palace) and unfortunately it usually stayed that way. Never curse your van with the wrong plates.
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David Clarkson
90 Westy-non descript generic plates now

-----Original Message-----
From: John C... <jcarp1910@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 2:15 pm
Subject: Re: VW Van Profiling-plates

Here's another one I used to run, 
now on the shop wall... 
that gets 
A lot of Smiles from the Kids on the coast !!!   heh...  heh... 
 
*http://tinyurl.com/45na9wd* 
JC... 
 
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM, John C... <jcarp1910@gmail.com> wrote: 
 
> *I had this plate on my 85 back in 93  ;o)* 
> *A play on an ole' Foghat tune !!!  heh...  heh...* 
> ** 
> *http://tinyurl.com/46ul8vs* 
> Slow ride, take it easy - 
> Slow ride, baby take it easy !!! 
> Slowin' down, 
> Travelin' round the world !... 
> Got to get down to BBtB just one more time ;o) 
> Hold me, roll me, slow ridin' Vanagon ;o) you're so fine !!! 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:04 AM, David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@aol.com>wrote: 
> 
>> I had SOPAZME on the plates of my 82 NA 1.6 L diesel Westy. It had the 
>> "0-50 in 11 minutes" sticker on one side (exaggeration: mine did 0-50 in 
>> 10.5 mins) and "never get behind a VW bus" on the other side". Still got the 
>> flashing lights from behind and the one finger salute on a regular basis. 
>> ? 
>> David Clarkson 
>> 90 Westy now 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM <lt%3Bdoug.alcock@GMAIL.COM> 
>> > 
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
>> Sent: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 11:54 am 
>> Subject: Re: VW Van Profiling 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yea -- I think I have noticed this too --- you try and go by someone and 
>> they think "I'm being passed by an aging VW van" and then they speed up. 
>> There used to be a dude on the list whose van plates said "PASS ME". I 
>> thought that was brilliant............. 
>> 
>> Cheers, 
>> Doug 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Steven Johnson & 
>> lt;sjohnso2000@gmail.com <lt%3Bsjohnso2000@gmail.com>>wrote: 
>> 
>> > I find that I get more "Profiling" from other drivers than law 
>> enforcement. 
>> > Most 
>> > notable are the motorist that pull out in front of me from side 
>> streets 
>> > after hesitating 
>> > and then going right in front of me.  (Although I've noticed more and 
>> more 
>> > of this 
>> > behavior in any vehicle I drive). 
>> > 
>> > The other profiling is when a will be passing a driver along a 
>> freeway and 
>> > when they 
>> > notice I'm passing, they speed up.    Extremely annoy especially when 
>> being 
>> > I'm being 
>> > followed by other cars wanting to pass the slower moving vehicle.... 
>> > 
>> > Steven 
>> > 91 Westy 
>> > 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> http://www.dougalcock.com 
>> 
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