Alison, \
WOW... You deserve a big VWBus hug.  Thank the stars
that you came out of it relatively ok.  The bus is a
big loss...it would make me cry to lose mine, too!  But
you're young and will have many more!  BTW ... Thanks
for sharing the history about your bus.  It was a good
story.
steve

"Ali ." wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I was in a bad accident yesturday morning, and it was only because I was in
> my van that I'm typing this right now.  You see, a car (I think a saturn or
> something) came at my van (I was driving my '84 Vanagon).  The car hit me
> twice which sent me flying into a telephone poll then into the corner of a
> house.  My boyfriend (who was with me) and the 2 passengers of the other car
> were fine, but I was rushed to the hospital.  I'm alright now...luckally
> only sore...like that feeling after you have a good workout and just wake up
> the next day.  Well anywho...the car first hit me on the front corner of my
> driver's side.  If I wasn't higher up than the other car, my door would have
> been impaled in me.  and the windshield shattered but stayed in one piece so
> that glass didn't go flying into our faces (I did take out  the driver's
> side window with my head...ow does it hurt!)  but other than that my van
> kept me safe.  I mean, it has no front and I ran into the corner of a house
> and we were safe.  Even without airbag I never hit the steering wheel and my
> boyfriend never hit the dashboard.  (WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS!!!!!!!  It kept me
> from flying through the windshield!!!!)
>       My van was towed away...I went today to collect all my belongings.  My
> Uncle is going to take any parts from it that he wants for his Vanagon
> camper, then it's getting trashed.  The funny thing is that the only time I
> cried while I was lying on the grass with the paramedics over me was when I
> took a look over at my baby...my van...and realized that it wasn't going to
> come back.  We had 3 good years together...she was my first car...I had my
> first kiss while standing outside of her while she played jazz music, and my
> second and present boyfriend kissed me for the first time while sitting in
> her....she was the favorite car of all my friends and she was always good to
> me.  I'm going to miss her.
>      I just wanted to tell you all that I truly believe that we are the
> owners of the greatest vehicles out there...our vans have souls...at least
> mine did.  I'm going to miss her.
>
> Peace,
> Allison, 19, NJ
> Chaplin980@hotmail.com
>
> "Don't you get ahead of me and I won't leave you behind if you get unhappy
> show me a sign. There's no love like
> lost love no pain like a broken heart there's no love like you and me and no
> loss like us apart ." ~ ben harper
>
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