Date:         Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:12:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: New Sprinter Westfalia - Sorry but I did it!
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On 15 Jun 2006 at 22:13, martine <martine.boud@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote:

> Dear Westfalian,
> I did it!  I drove to the US last weekend and road tested the new Sprinter
> based Westfalia.  (The new Sprinter Westfalia is not sold in Canada )  I
> love my Volkwagen Westy but I could not resist to go see a new Sprinter
> Westy.  It is a fantastic van that I could not afford before but the price
> are going down and the Canadian $$ going up.  Sprinter Westy are also not
> selling well in the US.  I talked to the dealer and he told me that for the
> price, csutomers are buying the full size RVs. I know this forum if for older
> Westy but I need help from Canadian that may be looking at the Sprinter Westy.
> Airstream, the exclusive dealer for the new Westfalia, did not list the
> Westfalia with Tranport Canada as an Admissible vehicule for import making the
> purchase in the US impossible for us I am in communciation with Airstream but in
> order to convice them that Canada is a land of mosquitos and Westy, I woudl like
> to know 1.Has anyone improted or tired to import this van to Canada and 2.  Are
> interested in importing a Sprinter?  Send me an email.  Maybe if we can joint
> force and convice Airstrean or Westfalia Germany to sell in Canada. Thanks
> again. Joel Note : I will always be a Westy lover but she is so pretty that my
> heart could not resist....

I don't think it was a Westy, but I just drove by a Sprinter camper of some sort tonight, in Mill
Bay, BC. Lots of the various Sprinter models around here of course, but this is only the 2nd
camper I've seen.


Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA