I think that says about as much about where you live is it does about what you drive.

Jim

> On Nov 23, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Jon VO <jondvo@GMAIL.COM> 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....