Why dont Santa Cruz Vanagoners wave back

photogdave · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

Maybe their waving hands are stuck in their wallets in a anticipation of arriving at Van Cafe? Wink

_________________
89 Syncro GL Westfalia 2.1 WBX/WBXaustSS

My Westy Movies:
photogdave On Vimeo
photogdave On YouTube

Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!

Zeitgeist 13 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:

The same goes for Olympia, which has lots of stock daily drivers and a few tricked out units. I'm not really the waving type, but in the last four years, I think one guy waved at me. He may not have seen me wave back, 'cause I wasn't prepared for the gesture.
_________________
Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

syncrodoka · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject:

There is every model of vanagon in multiples within a 5 block area from me- multivan, syncro doka, hard top syncro, syncro westy, 2wd camper, syncro 16, weekender etc. they are so plentiful that it ridiculous. I drive around in a lifted syncro doka and I rarely get a second look. If you go up and down the coast prepare to wave, honk or flash highbeams but in town you are just another car.

techbot · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

I always wave! Even sometimes when on my bike..
_________________
1991 Westfalia Multivan

wasserbox

enniskillen · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:46 am Post subject:

I just bought a house in Salinas. I always wave at other Vanagons so I guess there will be one more waver.
_________________
1985 Vanagon Homemade Camper

Texxxxx · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

HeeHee...I have noticed the same thing, too, and ckissik might have the answer. I live across the bay in Monterey...most still wave back over here.
_________________
'85 GL w/2.1L "The Tardis"
It's A Vanagon Day

Badger278 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:30 am Post subject:

It's Santa Cruz...The most "Local" angry, territorial area on Nor-Cal. They assume you are some dude from Arizona, who just came for their waves and cool factor... I say f'em Wink

_________________
Jordan

2012 Carrera 4 GTS
2006 Jeep LJ
2010 BMW R1200GSA

Gone but not forgotten: 2010 BMW Z4, 2008 Audi A4 Avant S-Line Ti APR, 2000 Eurovan Westy Weekender, 1999 Eurovan MV Weekender, 2007 Audi A3 S-Line, 1971 Porsche 914 2.0, 1973 Type-3 Fastback, 1972 Type-3 Squareback, 1988 GTI 16V

kenm5063 · Samba Member Joined: June 13, 2007 Posts: 23

In the Bentley, in a somewhat obscure section, is a few paragraphs which deal with waving back to a fellow Vanagon owner. The often overlooked waving stimulator, located in the drivers seat, is often not working properly. The relay which energizes the stimulator is often mistaken for a air freshener, as it is green and shaped like the outline of a tree, with a string attached to the top. Up to the 83 model year this relay was air cooled, but later years it became watercooled. The SX486 processor used to control the relay often requires extra RAM installed, usually after about
100k, or so of miles. Like anything else electronic or binary in nature, it takes patience to troubleshoot and fix. When I'm driving our Westy, Buttercup, I always wave at fellow Westy or Vanagon's, if I don't, my wife will insist I have a defective waving stimulator. So to avoid having to find that elusive section in the Bentley, let alone work on the damn thing, I just smile and wave back. I've also heard people who are constipated don't like to wave, has something to do with a shitty attitude, anyway that's what I heard on NPR awhile back. I also don't want people thinking I am constipated.

Alaric.H · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

Hey Jon
I noticed that to when I spent some time there and I think you answered your Own question you saw four vanagons I see four every 6 months
if I'm lucky. There are a lot of them around there. You want to get waved at get a old mini.

ckissick · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

Dude, didn't you notice how many vanagons there are? Every other car is a vanagon. When they are so plentiful, it seems silly to wave. It would be like Toyota Camry drivers waving to each other.
_________________
Charlie
1950 Beetle
1983 Westfalia
1989 syncro Tristar
1966 Porsche 912
1989 Beck Spyder
2007 GTI Fahrenheit

BCWesty · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:

Looks like your geting some good surfing waves though!

Jon_slider

I have waved at at least 4 vanagons in Santa Cruz in the last 2 days. Not a single one waved back. I was in my Syncro Westy at the time, not my passenger car.

Are people here too scared to be friendly?

Everywhere else Ive been, Socal, New Mexico, and inbetween, Van drivers wave at each other..

Whats the problem in Santa Cruz? With this kind of response, Im going to stop waving too..

Here's my last wave

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Jon


Hello! Log in or Register \| Help \| Donate \| Buy Shirts	See all banner ads \| Advertise on TheSamba.com

	Forum Index -> Vanagon	All times are Mountain Standard Time/Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Page 1 of 1