Date:         Thu, 24 Jul 1997 21:00:55 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "D.Belick" <mmoguls@HOOKED.NET>
Subject:      wonderwagon friday funny

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>> Hi All,
>>
>> This one is pretty funny.......edited for VW relevence...
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>>
>>  A man goes out and buys the best vehicle available in the US or Europe, a
>> 1991 Vanagon with a Subaru engine swap. It is the fastest and most expensive
>> vehicle in the world(well, at least in repair costs:>). He takes it out
>>for a >> spin and, while doing so,stops for a red light.  An old  man on
>>a moped,
>> looking about 90 years old, pulls up next to him.
>>
>>   The old man looks over the sleek, shiny surface of the vehicle and asks,
>> "What kind of van ya got there, sonny?"
>>
>>   The dude replies, "A 1991 Vanagon with a Subaru motor. They cost $500,000!"
>> (well ,they do if you buy parts at the dealer, right? hey go with
>> the story, OK?)
>
>>  "That's a lotta money!" says the old man, shocked. "Why does it cost  so
>> much?" "Cause this van can do up to 320 miles an hour!" states the cool dude
>> proudly (well, off a cliff, maybe).
>>
>>   The old man asks, "Can I take a look inside?"
>>
>>   "Sure," replies the owner.  So the old man pokes his head in the window
>> and looks around.  Leaning back on his moped, the old man says, "That's a
>> pretty nice van, alright!"
>>
>>   Just then the light changes, so the guy decides to show the old man what
>> his van can do. He floors it, and within 15 seconds the speedometer reads
>> 320.(wow!)
>>
>>   Suddenly, the guy notices a dot in his rear view mirror.  It seems to be
>> getting closer!
>>
>>   Whhhoooooooooossssshhhhhh!  Something whips by him! Going maybe 3 times
>> as fast!
>>
>>   The guy pulls over to the side of the road, totally confused, and wonders
>> what on earth could be going faster than his modified vanagon!  Then, up
>> ahead of him, he sees a dot coming towards him like a bat out of hell!
>>
>>   Whooooooooooosh!  It goes by again and it sort of looks like the old man
>> on the moped!  That couldn't be,  the guy thinks.  How could a moped outrun a
>> Subaru/Vanagon?  Again, he sees a dot coming towards him in his rear view
>> mirror!
>>
>>   Whooooooooshhhhhhhh  Ka-BlaMMMMM!  It plows into the back of his van,
>> demolishing the rear end(and the subaru motor to boot).
>>
>>   The guy jumps out, and be damned if it isn't the old man!  Of course,
>>  the moped is smashed all over the place and the old man is hurting for
>>  certain.  The guy runs up to the old man and asks "You're hurt bad! Is there
>>  anything I can do for you?"
>>
>>   The old man replies "Yeah - unhook my suspenders from your side-view
>> mirror..."
>>
>>
>> Hope this version makes you laugh as much as the original did me...
>
>> --Dan
>    84 adventurewagon - un-named and built to stay that way
>>
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