If you have named your vanagon, it deserves a few pats for a job well done

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On Aug 1, 2014 4:10 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> At this point Fun Bus gets treated like family. I pet it, pat it, and say
> please take me where I want to go and thank it when I return. Like a child
> it needs to be coaxed and it needs regular rewards to keep it behaving
> nicely. Seems sentient to me!
>
> Dennis
> Happy it's Friday!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Vanagon
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 12:59 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Do you ever pat your Vanagon on the head and say thanks?
>
> While the debate rages, I will treat them as if they are sentient - like
> they do to me.
>
> But I don't pet my van. I do, however, call it dirty names every so often.
>
> Sent from my 1963 maroon and cream 702B Western Electric Princess phone.
>
> > On Aug 1, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> >
> > While dogs are perceptive, whether they are sentient is still a subject
> of
> philosophical debate.
> >
> >> On 01-Aug-2014, at 11:47, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >>
> >> A dog is not an object.  A dog is a sentient being.  mcneely
> >>
> >> ---- Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
> >>> Must be tough being a dog at the McNeely house ;-)
> >>>
> >>>> On 01-Aug-2014, at 11:11, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I never pet objects, not my shoes, not my vehicle, not my canoe,
> >>>> not a piece of furniture. I reserve petting for sentient beings.
> >>>> mcneely
> >>>>
> >>>> ---- "dofunk@yahoo.com" <dofunk@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> >>>>> After any drive with our van of more than say 2.5 hrs I usually give"
> her" a pat on the dash and say thanks and good job....oddly I also touch
> the
> tred on the front wheel from time to time as if to pet a paw!
> >>>> We do,love our syncro!
> >>>> Brady.....
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from... Wow just about anywhere!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ------ Original message------
> >>>> From: Roland
> >>>> Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 8:06 PM
> >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM;
> >>>> Subject: Do you ever pat your Vanagon on the head and say thanks?
> >>>>
> >>>> Last week we went to Big Bear for a few days from San Diego.  It
> >>>> isn't all
> >>>>> that far, typically only 2.5-3 hours, but with stops and traffic it
> was
> >>>>> about 5 hours.   This time we had our grandson with us, and going
> through
> >>>>> the Inland Empire (Riverside, San Bernardino, etc.) was at over
> >>>>> 100 degrees in evening rush hour.  The climb to Big Bear is to
> straight up to 6,000 ft,
> >>>>> with some steep grades.   I was able to keep at about 50-55 mph in
> 3rd;
> >>>>> many people waved or flashed "thank you" when I used the pull-outs
> >>>>> to let them by.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We hadn't been on a trip with the Vanagon for some time, and I only
> did a
> >>>>> few basic checks.   So I was a bit worried, always planning how I
> would
> >>>>> handle a breakdown.  High temps, no air conditioning, very heavy
> >>>>> stop-and-go traffic for dozens of miles.    But it was all smooth
> sailing,
> >>>>> not even an oil buzzer!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Back at home, I patted her on the dashboard and said thank you!   I
> thought
> >>>>> for a moment that she replied with a front suspension creak but
> ......
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Roland
> >>>>> '89 Syncro
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> David McNeely
> >>
> >> --
> >> David McNeely
>