I am surprised on the number of smiles we get in the Hyena ('88 Westy) as that never happened 20-years ago.   Now, when Ras Bulli Split ('66 Westy) and I go for a roll, everyone smiles and waves or flashes peace  :-)

On 01-May-2015, at 22:09, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> I'm not a fan of the "beep beep" greeting (having brought up to consider
> the horn a warning device), but I make it a habit to give other
> Vanagonauts a wave -- and usually receive a waveback in reply.
> 
> However, tf the other person is driving a bay window or splittie I wait
> for them to initiate the greet. One must respect those who precede us.
> 
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
> 
> On 05/01/2015 01:08 PM, Kenneth O'Connor wrote:
>> In Sarasota, nearly all air-cooled v-dubs acknowledge each other.
>> Most with the peace sign, some with just a wave. Lately, us
>> Vanagonauts are getting the same gestures. i always return with a
>> beep-beep and a peace sign.
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 1, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There is a very attractive young lady in our community who drives
>>> an old beetle painted up in the very best 60s flower child patina.
>>> My 8 year old grandson is in love with her and her car. Every time
>>> she and I pass on the street and I am in my Westy I get the peace
>>> sign from her.
>>> 
>>> Today I pulled up behind her at a stop light and out her window
>>> came her peace sign and mine in return. I looked around to see the
>>> bemused and baffled drivers around the busy intersection who must
>>> have wondered what decade they had been sucked into.
>>> 
>>> Jim