Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:44:48 -0400
Reply-To: Hans Brouwer <hbrouwer@ISTAR.CA>
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From: Hans Brouwer <hbrouwer@ISTAR.CA>
Subject: Re: Toronto/Canada
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Please keep me posted.
I prefer east of Toronto.
Hans Brouwer
86 Westfalia
Cumberland, Ontario
Doug Alcock wrote:
> Me too!!
>
> Doug
> ''84 Westy
> Toronto, Canada
>
> From: "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> on 09/12/2000 08:56 AM
>
> Please respond to "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Client:
> Subject: Re: Toronto/Canada
>
> 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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