How would other drivers on the road be able to know if you are in a '79 or a '90 Vanagon ~

I get Looks, Waves, Smiles & ThumbsUp Alot in my '90Westy & mostly from the YoungerSet ~ Just last Fri' eve'

I pulled into a McD's to pick up a couple of ApplePies for a RoadTrip I was to do on Sat' & I looked up to see 3 

LateTeens Guys that were sitting directly in front of my parking spot in a window booth, all looking @ my Van 

with excited looks & smiles & alot of chatting going on ~ & I got 3 ThumbsUp as I waved ~

        But ~ 1 of my Favs ~ May have told this 1 before but Love to ReTell It ~

    A few years back, up in Ely, Minnesota, I was on my way in to pay for some gas & pick up some snacks & was

met at the door by a very cute (OK~ DropDeadGorgeous) blue eyed blonde (18-22 maybe) who was on her way

out ~ I held the door for her ~ She smiled & as she passed She said "Is that your VDub?" ~ "Yup" I replied ~ 

" Very cool ride indeed, have fun " She said & proceed out to join Her YoungHandsomeMaleCompanion at their

ToyotaPickUp ~~ Quite shocked was I ~ Indeed! ~~ Grinned a 60Something grin for quite awhile ~

	

                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 23 Nov , 2014, at 7:34 PM, Jon VO wrote:

> I get the "thumbs up" and polite drivers with my '79, but also get the
> crappy treatment when I drive the '90 Westy, or basically I am too slow.
> Jon
> 
> On 11/23/2014 4:21 PM, J Stewart wrote:
>> Not so with my Vanagon, everyone loves it and recognizes it as a VW Bus/camper, young kids included. Everyone is usually surprised when I tell them it's a 1985 model, always saying they didn't know they were still made in 1985. Jeff
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>>> oh yes...
>>> other drivers and truckers used to toot their horn to say Hi when I drive
>>> my Bay...
>>> not anymore when I drive my vanagon, never... they blast their horn to get
>>> me out of their way because I am slow...
>>> I would say that vanagon had lost the "cachet" - and also the tolerance of
>>> other drivers on the freeways....