Date:         Thu, 31 May 2007 15:06:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
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From:         Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Sighting
Comments: cc: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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> From:    Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
> Date:    Wed, 30 May 2007 17:05:44 -0700
>
> 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.)

If you go by the national average, all Vanagons are already dead.  This
number is a few years old, but the average car in the US ends up in the
junkyard twelve years after it rolls off the showroom floor.  I wouldn't
be too surprised if this number is up to 15 years by now, but I also
wouldn't be surprised if it's still 12.  Well-loved vehicles obviously
buck this trend - go out on the weekend in the city and you're almost
guaranteed to see a Bug driving around, 27 years after they were last
sold in the US.

Matt Roberds