I don't know about cool but in Mexico (regarding theft) I think anything is
up for grabs.    Not much better in the U.S. either (if at all....)....
On Mar 20, 2013 1:20 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> On our recent trip to Baja with 10 vans something happened that makes me
> wonder. Everywhere we went people waved, gave thumbs up, or flashed
> peace signs. I understand that seeing 10 vans in a row is unusual and
> would provoke some responses but this also happened repeatedly when
> there was only my van or a couple around. Why or how did Vanagons get to
> be considered so cool? Even to Mexicans?
>
> People of all ages responded to our vans. Maybe more teenage girls than
> any other demographic but all demographics were involved. In one town a
> Mexican man came up to me and started asking questions. Soon he pointed
> to his teenage son waiting in their vehicle and said the son had been
> asking about finding one for a while.
>
> At one long stretch of desert a car went speeding past our caravan as we
> drove at a more cautious rate. The car pulled off way ahead and the guy
> got out with a camera to take photos or video as we all passed. This
> happened again on a different day and that guy went far enough ahead
> that he had time to set up a tripod in a curved section before we got
> there.
>
> All this makes me chuckle but it also makes me slightly nervous. I need
> to park my vans unattended, sometimes for long periods. Are they now
> cool enough to steal?
>
> Mark
>