My experience was Encinitas CA had lots of Vanagons. I bought my Westy there. I thought it would be easy to spot. I was wrong. On a short street, I passed 6 houses with Vanagons. Mine wasn't there (the previous owner had taken it to the car wash and was just heading back when I arrived.)
On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Don Hundt wrote: > You're in it! Vanagons are everywhere in Portland. I lived there > from 98-03, > had a brown/tan 82 diesel van. within 5 blocks, all on the same > street, were > two others exactly the same color, plus 3 others of different colors/ > years. > All at different addresses. It seemed like I couldn't go anywhere > without > seeing at least one. > > I'm spending the next year in the Washington, D.C. area, been here two > months and still haven't seen a Vanagon. > Don > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Snook" <matt@SNOOKSBAND.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:52 PM > Subject: Where is Mecca? > > >> I spent the day not looking for Westies. I parked my mobile office >> ('84 >> Westy) and did some writing at the Mt. Tabor park, relaxed by playing >> dobro >> at a Gypsy Jazz jam session on Division Street in the evening, and >> parked >> overnight at a friend's house, all in SE Portland. I've never seen >> so >> many >> Westies and other vanagons! (My friend -another musician- even >> drives a >> stripped out diesel Vanagon.) So I got to wondering, what is the >> Westy >> Mecca? Where is the highest density of vanagons to be found? I >> know it's >> a >> rhetorical question. Just wondering where folks seem to see the most >> Westies and Vanagons. :) >> >> Matt >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 3986 (20090403) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> |
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