Ed "Big Daddy" Roth said it best: �"Coolness is what you make of what you got."
Stephen

--- On Mon, 4/29/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:

From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject: Vanagons being used on world tours
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, April 29, 2013, 9:19 PM

...Their example points out quite clearly something I have noticed before.
People from the USA/CA seem to largely think their vehicle needs all
kinds of extra gadgets and doodads to make a trip of any consequence.
People from other places seem more content to set off with only the most
basic of equipment and just wing it from there. Somehow they manage just
fine.

Mark