On Nov 20, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:

> As I hopped out and locked the door they stood up and applauded.  I bowed and announced, "And for my next act I will set myself on fire," and got a laugh and a cheer for that.  Bet they would not have noticed if it had been any other vehicle, and not many others would have fit as nicely.

Isn't the turning radius on a Vanagon, just the beez-neez for this kind of manuvre!?
"set myself on fire" ... almost better than your parking-skill attribution.
bob