Date:         Sun, 6 Apr 2008 00:17:21 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Rare (in the US) van sightings -- Mercedes Vito & VW Sharan
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On 4/5/08, rbound <rbound@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to share this link with the group, so much fun here
> including a built in VW kitchen and a pop top Mercedes, check it out.
> Ross.
>
> http://car.pege.org/camping/camper.htm



Coincidentally, Ross... Last year, there was a Vito van for sale on Ebay in
Florida. It was supposedly owned by singer Jamiroquai. I figured impossible
to register in California so I passed on it. Well LAST FRIDAY, I saw a
silver Vito tooling around Daly City, California (suburb of San Francisco).
It had California plates. I got to wondering how they got it here and if
anyone knows if these can be imported here. Jeff?

Went up to Reno yesterday. On the way back to SF, I saw a gray Westy which
appeared to me sporting Subaru innards. Well, a few minutes after I posted
that, I saw a silver VW Sharan heading east on Highway 80. I was flying by
at about way faster than traffic =) so I missed the license plate. It was a
colorful plate and I suppose could have been from south of the border. Maybe
the guy in the Westy spotted this too. Jeff? Sharan in the US?


BenT