> Tonight at the local Walmart we pulled into the
> parking lot and saw a late model, Vanagon GL that looked
> like a mirror image of our own '91 burgandy Carat Vanagon.
> My wife was driving and thought it was a great joke to park
> right next to the other van.  I secretly hoped
> that we could meet the owners of the other van.

A couple of years ago, someone on the Type 2 list (or was it still the
combined list at the time?) wrote that he saw a split-window bus just like
his in a shopping center parking lot, and decided to park next to it just
for fun. When he came back, the other splitty was gone. So were various
lenses and other minor bits off of his bus that the other one had been
missing.  For some reason I never forgot that post; it really bugged me. I
think it was the rare exception, though.  I've dealt with hundreds and
hundreds of VW owners, and been knowingly ripped off by only three of them.
Not bad odds when dealing with such a large number of total strangers, if
you ask me.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com