Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:21:13 -0800
Reply-To: Phil Cappellini <philcappellini@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Phil Cappellini <philcappellini@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagons in Vancouver (was <no subject>)
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I am in Coquitlam and there still a lot of Vanagon's in my area. I am
finding recently that more and more Vanagon drivers are giving the friendly
wave, which is nice to see. I believe the reason for this is because those
that are owning these vehicles now are true Vanagon enthusiast. With regards
to finding wrecking yards in the GVRD that have many Vanagon's... good luck.
There aren't very many.
From: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
Reply-To: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagons in Vancouver (was <no subject>)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:00:12 -0800
Weird that they seem concentrated in certain locales. Of course Van is a
hell of a lot bigger than Abby, and we won't even talk about cosmopolitan.
But what I don't get is if there are so many of these still around that the
boneyards have almost nothing, and what is there is as picked clean as a
steer skull in the desert. And a lot of parts guys don't carry a lot of
stuff for them (except for the specialty vw shops). If the market is
there...
On 11/4/06 12:01 AM, "Geordie Birch" <geordie@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Today I saw a few VW van products in Vancouver:
>
> About ten blocks from my house, a grey Eurovan, no side windows. A
> few blocks up Hastings St., a maroon doka I've seen around once
> before. Turn right on Nanaimo, drive for a couple minutes, a Eurovan
> Westy. Nine more blocks, cruise into the alley looking for a parking
> place, there's a grey seven passenger GL. After breakfast, head back
> to the hood, take a slightly different route than normal. Oh look, a
> tan seven passenger I've never seen before. Few more blocks, there's
> that Westy Bus that's often parked there. Drop off A., head to work.
> Charles Street's good this time of day, maybe that single cab will be
> parked there. Yup. After work, head back to pick up A., there's that
> bus again, oh look, the brown Syncro is home now.
>
> So 2 Eurovans, 1 Doka, 1 Singlecab, 2 Seven Passengers, 1 Bus, and a
> Syncro. Eight - in an hours worth of driving. (I won't bother to
> include the Syncro, Transporter, and Westy that live on my block).
>
> I say Vancouver is lousy with Vanagons :)
>
> On 11/2/06, Geordie Birch <geordie@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Whereabouts in the area do you spend your time? I live in Vancouver,
>> and I see plenty of Vanagons around. On my block alone there are
>> four. Up until last week I was couriering and I would see half a
>> dozen or so per day. A couple of those even had list members that I
>> recognized behind the wheel.
>>
>> Geordie.
>>
>> On 11/2/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>>> For the Vanagon owners in Vancouver and region - where are you? I've
been
>>> keeping my eye out, and I've seen one Eurovan in a month. I can't
believe
>>> there are only three of us. I really wanna see that friendly wave I've
>> heard
>>> about (instead of the middle finger salute by the impatient guy stuck
>> behind
>>> me).
>>
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