Date:         Wed, 30 May 2007 17:05:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Sighting
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It would be interesting to know what the on-the-road survival rate of these
vans is... meaning how many of them are actually (and legally) in use versus
the number that were sold in a major geographic area (North America, Europe,
etc.)
I wonder that they aren't just getting rare(r) now.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Roberds" <mattroberds@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon Sighting


>> From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> Date:    Wed, 30 May 2007 11:51:23 -0700
>>
>> Well, we need to do a per capita thing. How many people in the Port
>> Huron, MI, area?
>
> To calibrate your head a little: one source I have says that from 1980
> to 1989, about 119,000 Vanagons were exported to the United States.  If
> all of those vans were still on the road today, there would be about one
> van for every 2,500 people in the United States.
>
> By this logic, greater Tulsa, OK, would have over 300 Vanagons.  My
> personal estimate is that it's much lower, probably in the range of a
> few dozen.
>
> Matt Roberds