I'm in. Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80 Westy "Pokey" '87 Chevrolet Sprint 5-Door '91 Pontiac Firefly Convertible ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alain Pierre Hovasse" <aphovasse@HOME.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:03 PM Subject: Toronto/Canada
> This is addressed mostly to Toronto area Westy and other VW van owners. > > Having been on the list for some months now, it strikes me that we Canadians > have some unique issues which separate us somewhat from our American > Westphalia brothers. The most important of these is the US $ exchange rate, > which is at 1.50 so everytime we see something that "only" costs a few > hundred bucks US on all those wonderful American Westy sites, in fact it > costs us 1.5 times that much PLUS the shipping, customs and other tyrannical > taxes the Canadian government extorts from us. Added to this is the dearth > of good VW mechanics and parts supply sources, (plus our unique winters....) > > I see that Quebec has a VW Westphalia club, and I wonder if any or all of > you listees in the Toronto area would be interested in getting together for > drinks and or chat, with a view to trading stories, parts and good local > mechanics for our beloved vans. > > Having never really organized this kind of thing before, I'm not sure where > to start, but if enough people e-mail back, we could attempt to have some > kind of meeting at an agreed time and place. Who knows, it could even lead > to something more permanent, but let's see. > > Any of you hosers out there interested? > > AP Hovasse > 86 Westy > Toronto (Don Mills) > |
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