Fun questions & van comments

[ujoint]

I thought it would be fun for us to share some van stories. I know I'm not the only one that has them! I get asked crazy questions on a daily basis, and I really wish I kept a note pad in the van to write them down.

So let's hear em!!!

Today, I got...

"did you buy it like that?"
"that's the baddest van I've ever seen"
"that got a 351 in it?"

[cellularsteve2]

"That's sick"
"That's sweet"
"That's badass"
:victory:

[dsw4x4]

In Colorado and Moab the rock buggies and tricked out jeeps go out their way to stop and watch us climb tricky obstacles after we tackle the climb then the comments fly. Last week a coworker told me it was cool because it reminded him of the A-Team only cooler!! As far a stories go mine has only been on the road 9 months but we stuck it last memorial day at ten at night in the rain on rutted out muddy hill climb out side steamboat colorado seven hours of digging and jacking and we were on our way again woohoo. We got to the top of the climb put it in park and went to sleep for a few hours (sun was almost up by then). Then we woke up went straight to the car wash and 30 dollars later to the hot springs for a couple hours to rethink our route.

[wanderer-rrorc]

with my girl being older...people are ALWAYS suprized to hear the diesel clatter to life...it turns alot of heads when near farm boys...

also the thick black smoke tends to make people think she's on fire..:sombrero:

the new bumpers have turned some heads...

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd124/wanderer351/van/100_2828.jpg

[Jerulator]

I havent had my van long enough to have any stories......yet :sombrero: So far the only comments I get are from some of my wisecracker co-workers, and the comments are usually of the "looks like a child-molester van", I tell them to go pound salt and that child molester vans are the no-window, ice cream truck kind and that my van has too many windows for that and besides, I ain't no child molester ! When I got the van, that never even entered my mind....so I think that they are the CM's ! :wings:

[ujoint]

I havent had my van long enough to have any stories......yet :sombrero: So far the only comments I get are from some of my wisecracker co-workers, and the comments are usually of the "looks like a child-molester van", I tell them to go pound salt and that child molester vans are the no-window, ice cream truck kind and that my van has too many windows for that and besides, I ain't no child molester ! When I got the van, that never even entered my mind....so I think that they are the CM's ! :wings:

I ask them if they believe everything in Hollywood :)

[wanderer-rrorc]

I havent had my van long enough to have any stories......yet :sombrero: So far the only comments I get are from some of my wisecracker co-workers, and the comments are usually of the "looks like a child-molester van", I tell them to go pound salt and that child molester vans are the no-window, ice cream truck kind and that my van has too many windows for that and besides, I ain't no child molester ! When I got the van, that never even entered my mind....so I think that they are the CM's ! :wings:

I ask them if they want some candy....that usually takes care of them:coffeedrink:

[robert]

I drive a VW so you know I get to hear everyone's story of how someone in their family had one and how cool it was.

[wanderer-rrorc]

I drive a VW so you know I get to hear everyone's story of how someone in their family had one and how cool it was.

yea...my grampa had one with the pop-top...:elkgrin:


seriously..he did!

[G35Vortec454]

"Is there a body in there?" - best
"Is that a Hummer"? - dumbest
"Did you make it yourself, how much did you spend"?
"Would you like to trade (for a lifted/built-up 4x4)"?
"Do you hunt"?
"Is that bullet-proof"?
"Is that 4WD"?
"That's so 909", when I still lived in area code 909
"(no question) at the parking lot", just someone with a camera going around taking pictures, front, sides, back
"(no question) on the freeway, just some passenger of a Hummer sticking his head out and snapping a picture

[ujoint]

"That's so 909", when I still lived in area code 909

That should be the dumbest. Your rig is the anti 909!

I wish I could charge a buck for every camera phone I see, I could make my payment every month. :)

[Rozzi]

"Do it in a van"
"If the van is a rockin', don't bother knockin'"
My buddy had a Dodge 1/2 ton shorty in high school with the half moon windows. It had some tribal paint job on the side. True 70s style. Ugly van and nothing like Dodge 318 starter.

[wanderer-rrorc]

"Is that bullet-proof"?


well...is it??? :elkgrin:


ya gotta admit...if you pulled into a bad neighborhood...they will think its a SWAT raid!!

thought about this paintjob?
http://www.starcarhire.co.uk/images/downloads/a-team_van_high_res.jpg

[naterry]

My best story to date happened on the drive up to the lost coast for the first camping trip. The lost coast is also known for it's proximity to Humboldt County. It may be obvious, but it should be noted that for most people that conjures up a certain horticultural connotation..

Well I happened be going camping in said region at a particularly interesting time. I was also unaware of the levels of scrutiny travelers in the region were subject to, and thus had a little wake up call on the drive. Just south of Redway, CA I passed two CHP cars parked a mile apart on side roads facing the highway. Then around 2 miles further they came up behind me and signaled that they would like to have a little chat. So I pull over..

My first words were "ok, I know I need a license plate light and mudflaps" (it was night). The officer said "that's not your only problem" and I gulped. It should be noted that my girlfriend in the passenger seat said that all she could see of the officer was the top of his baseball cap. That would make him maybe 5'-6" given the height of the door-sill. He went up on his toes a couple times trying to look in.. :victory:

So after asking me to step out of the car, and chatting for awhile he informed me that there was apparently "a group of guys in the area in a large van pulling people over and posing as DEA agents".. I laughed pretty hard and he smiled and said that he just had to pull me over and check when I drove past. He said the people posing as agents were pulling people over and ripping them off.. hmm, not me

After that it became a show and tell for him and his compadre who liked the Ute. Lots of questions, but over all a good natured exchange..

Cheers-

N

[wanderer-rrorc]

. It should be noted that my girlfriend in the passenger seat said that all she could see of the officer was the top of his baseball cap. That would make him maybe 5'-6" given the height of the door-sill. He went up on his toes a couple times trying to look in.. :victory:

N

I had something similar happen...wasnt paying attention at a stoplight and rolled into the car infront of me...

bump....dam...

and out of the car an HONEST TO GOD midget jumps out and walks up to the driver door...looks up at me..and says

"im NOT happy!"

so I replied

"which one are you?"

*GROAN*!!!:sombrero:

acutally I have had people at dealerships get on tip-toes and peek inside my girl....they are AMAZED how nice it is...that was before I started redoing it!

[ujoint]

I had a lady today get so scared when I came around an intersection that she practically jumped into the pass seat. And got a thumbs up from some teenage kids in my bro's neighborhood.

Oh, and my van got hit the other night in a parking lot :( gonna need a trip to the body shop.

[Adventurerider]

We just got back from 17 days on the road in ours (family holiday road trip), one of the things that surprised me on our trip was the amount of people who will walk right up and start asking questions, even if your busy trying to do some thing and no matter what time it was. Almost every time (no joking 8-10) I got out for gas, register at a hotel (few nights in the van and then a few in a hotel, needed with 4 kids), checking into an RV park, etc. someone would walk up and want to talk. Now this happens here around town, I.E. (Thumb's up, hey that's RAD, did you build that, we've even had a few women fallow us into the grocery store to ask us questions) but I really was shocked at the interest and the questions we got considering where we were most of the times and what they were driving (normally really nice RV's Diesel pushers, Porsche, Ferrari's, Benz's etc.) Our trip took us down all of HWY 101 & 1 down the whole Cali coast, then through AZ back up towards home, so needless to say there lots of really nice rides there!!!
My wife has gotten to the point where when someone walks up and starts asking questions, she'll just turn and go on with what she was doing, she know's it going to be a minute.
Weirdest for me: hey are you ATF or a FED?
Coolest: thumbs up from a guy (on our last trip) in a 250 GTO (Steve McQueen type of Cool) in Malibu (of course).

[ujoint]

Today, within 5 minutes of each other I heard a guy tell his buddy "that thing gets 300 yards per gallon" Then a girl told her boyfriend "you can't even get in it"

Earlier today, a guy asked if I can drive it at highway speeds.

Love it all!!!!

[Adventurerider]

The wife, and the whole gang and I were out doing the normal weekly grocery shopping thing a few weeks back, when all of a sudden over the P.A. System we here, "excuse me shoppers, will the person owning the Large Blue Van please come to the courtesy desk". I'm thinking great, someone hit my van, bummer!!!! So the wife, kids and I walk up to the front of the store to find out what going on, and honest to god, there was this lady with her 4 kids. She starts by saying she's sorry for disturbing us, but she has seen my van around town here and there and her and her hubby really wanted to ask me some of questions.....

So no damage, it was funny & little out there none the less, I thought I was the only won that would track down someone who had a cool ride I was interested in, none the less a mom with her kids...

So after we all walk away, I got to rib my wife a little bit, see I'm not the only one, :wings:

Vans Rule!!!!

[ujoint]

that's a good one!

[spencyg]

Every time I'm out in Boomer, people honk, thumbs up out the window, and mouth things like "Awesome Van" and "Killer". Needless to say, we get lots of attention....sometimes we like it, other times it is a hassle. We also get the typical "there is enough room in there to steal like 50 kids"...luckily these comments come from close friends who like to rib. When fueling up, the typical "can I take a picture" and "what kind of mileage does THAT thing get?" stuff gets repeated over and over.
I was out in the middle of nowhere last fall, and literally 60 miles into the woods, I came across a couple sherrifs in a decked out dept. SUV. They waved as I passed, and later on when I was taking a break on the side of the logging road, they came up from behind and stopped. We ended up shooting the **** for 15 minutes or so about the rig. I realized after they passed on that the registration had just expired. Whoops!

All in all, it brings out some neat conversations and interesting people.

Spence

[Loopie]

I ask them if they want some candy....that usually takes care of them:coffeedrink:
You and I have the same sense of humour...that's what I say also:costumed-smiley-007

[Loopie]

Around here...my van is quite rare (black). 90% are white and the other 9.9% are RV style with all the decals, so they don't stand out at all.
After picking up my Daughter one day at school(gr7)...she told me all the students were impressed by it and calling it the CIA Van.
Don't they know it's CSIS(Canadian Security Intelligence Service) here!
Kids these days :rolleyes: :ylsmoke: