Or, for those whose vans are down right now, the VWalking Dead.

Stephen

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> On Aug 22, 2016, at 4:00 PM, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Yes, there is something very "Stephen King" or "Rod Serling" about the
> vanagon/owner relationship..
> 
> Yes indeed!
> 
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, there is something very "Stephen King" or "Rod Serling" about the
>> vanagon/owner relationship.....
>> 
>> Steven
>> 91 Westy
>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 3:23 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Had mine sold to a couple who looked at mine about 4 years ago. They said
>>> yes to full price. I apologized but said I needed a night to come to terms
>>> with this and fully consider to part with Grumps. I phoned them later that
>>> night and said "I'm so sorry but I can't do this".
>>> It just felt so wrong.
>>> Grumps and I have put on many miles since then.
>>> He wasn't happy that I even considered it and it was touch and go for
>>> awhile there.
>>> I'm a lifer. Not everybody is but I am.
>>> Having said that last month was almost the end of the road for this
>>> cowboy. I was at a VW campout at Maple Valley WA. I walked into town and
>>> approached traffic lights and pressed for walk button. As I pressed the
>>> walk button I had the strangest sensation of disorientation.
>>> Felt like something out of sync and a strange sense of unease. Something
>>> felt very wrong but I did not know what.
>>> The light changed to walk.
>>> I hesitated and looked for traffic turning left.
>>> They was none however I preceded more slowly than I usually would.
>>> I took two steps and would never have taken a third. A woman in a half
>>> ton truck turned toward me at a high rate of speed. I caught sight at last
>>> second and backed away. I was shaken and had to return to light to compose
>>> myself. I would have left that campout in a box had she hit me. Sometimes
>>> the sixth sense or whatever you want to call is a lifesaver. It was for me.
>>> 
>>> I digress from the issue at hand Grumps and I have so much shared
>>> experience that to consider a parting of the ways is not thinkable. That
>>> day will come and with my 70th birthday this year it has to be getting
>>> closer.
>>> However I think he keeps me younger and I try to keep him in best shape
>>> possible. We are in it together. As one bus pilot shared with me "my bus
>>> will see me out".
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bernie
>>> Vancouver
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It's a slippery slope.  First a VW bug, then a camper, now a Sprinter?
>>>> What next?
>>>> A class A?   The trend is not good....
>>>> 
>>>> Enjoy your Sprinter,
>>>> 
>>>> Steven
>>>> 91 Westy
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:45 PM, . <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hell... Vanagon California.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
>>>>> Sent: ‎8/‎21/‎2016 7:40 PM
>>>>> To: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Sad Day
>>>>> 
>>>>> Somebody has to say it:
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Tim Mc Dermott <h2oboxer@VERIZON.NET>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Today is a sad day in my household. I just sold my Vanagon, which I
>>>> have
>>>>> owned for 9 years to a very nice gentleman from Ohio. He came all the
>>>> way
>>>>> to Long Island to pick it up. I hope that he gets it back on the road
>>>> and
>>>>> enjoys the heck out of it.
>>>>>> Last year I sold my other Vanagon that I owned since 1994.
>>>>> Unfortunately, that vehicle was Beyond repair, in my estimation, but
>>>>> someday that too may see new life.
>>>>>> So it is the first time since 1975 when I owned my first Beetle, a
>>>> Baja
>>>>> Bug, that there has not been a VW in the McDermott household.
>>>>>> I recently purchased a Sprinter that , I hope, will bring as much joy
>>>>> and travels around our land as my beloved VW's had.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have been on the Vanagon list since almost the beginning, but not
>>>> as
>>>>> vocal as most.
>>>>>> Thanks to you all for you encouragement and words of wisdom.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hope to see some of you out on the road.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tim and Carol McDermott
>>