Ha ha, whatever you do, don't let her open the passenger air vent while driving 55 MPH, unless you have done it beforehand.  Nothing like impressing your date with a face full of debris (ask me how I know this!) Amazingly, the first date in the '82 vanagon diesel ASI went well in spite of it, and the rest is history.  I now have my very own ASI *smile*

Ellen
Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
Coee, traveling cat, still hanging in there at 15, enjoying life wherever it takes us

�Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you 
realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.� ~Lao Tzu

> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:01:12 -0800
> From: hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET
> Subject: Learned in the past week
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Many of you already know this, so this is for newbies.
> 
> If you are taking someone of the opposite sex for a first ride in your
> Westy, here's the way to do it.
> 
> 1) Make sure that it's as clean as you can get it, and smells good. No
> patchouli oil, it's too stereotyped. Make sure the table is fastened
> so that it doesn't swing.
> 
> 2) Just before you leave, put some very cold nonalcoholic drinks -
> orange juice, Coke, Fuji water - in the refrigerator. Don't bother to
> turn it on, it doesn't matter.
> 
> 3) Also, make some ice in the ice tray beforehand. Wrap this in an ice
> pack so that the little cubes don't melt.
> 
> 4) Put a couple of very clean glasses in the cabinet.
> 
> 5) Pick her up. (For most of us on this list it's a her.)
> 
> 6) Walk her to the Westy and tell her that she really must ride in the
> back seat the first time. Open the slider, and ask her if she would
> like something to drink. Open the refrigerator door as you do this.
> Then put the ice cubes in the clean glass, pour the drink, and invite
> her to sit down.
> 
> 7) Close the slider with authority. Don't slam it. Authority. This may
> be the most important move you make.
> 
> 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels a little like a limousine,
> only better, doesn't it?" Also, for AFM Westies, be absolutely sure to
> say "That's the same engine that Porsche put in their 914." Nobody
> knows what a 914 is anymore.
> 
> Now, I haven't gone any further than this. But what I already know is
> that girls and women like this first experience.
> 
> For what it's worth.
> 
> Mark