People like these things.
I was waiting at a red light in my basically cherry/original 82 Sunroof
2-tone, Yellow Diesel Vanagon ..
someone going by in the left turn lane yelled out ..'Nice Van ! '

I'll take that !

On 9/13/2012 10:30 PM, Stephen Engel wrote:
> Well, I have a tin top, but during one trip I had two moments.  Someone in a 2nd gen. Jetta flashed me a peace sign and
>   kids playing football stopped play to point and wave!
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 12:50 AM
> Subject: Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
>
> Mine:
> Sunny, mid-day family outing to the library.  Parallel park in front
> of a restaurant between SUPER! swanky, lovely green Porsche and some
> big Audi.  Wifey says "look" -- kids wave to the faces watching us
> through the restaurant windows.  It's so innocent that the faces wave
> back.  Park job is perfection in one movement, stop engine, wheels
> coast to the curb.  Side door opens.  Nalgene water bottle and
> children's toys make a racket as they tumble out of the van and spread
> across the sidewalk.  Kids and parents laugh, as if on cue.
>
> Same faces watch us pull out of the parking spot 20 minuts later.
> Exhaust leak (which has graduated from "tick tick tick" and is
> no-longer self-sealing when hot) accelerates slowly into the distance
> - fut......fut.....fut....fut...fut..fut.fut.fut.fut.  wifey laughs --
> she loves the sound of the engine.
>
> she wants me to go see Frank C and Rita again.
>
> she wants us to get an orange bus.
>
> she's crazy.
>