Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:08:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fryeday Sociology
Comments: To: Rey Wood <boscobelle@live.com>
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Nice to hear from you Rey... our '88 is also from Owasco VW, we're the 2nd
owners but I have most of the records since new. It had been around the
contintent at least twice when we bought her in '96 with 320k kms. I only
wish I could have put those miles on myself... :-)


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Rey Wood <boscobelle@live.com> wrote:

> Well, hold on there pardners! Please allow me to introduce another token
> black
> couple. I am from Barbados in the formerly British Caribbean, my wife is
> from the
> British Virgin Islands and we have owned a white, standard Westfalia bought
> at
> Owasco Volkswagen in Whitby, Ontario Canada on the seventh day of  April of
> 1984,
> brand spanking new which to date has accumulated over 315,000 miles driven
> only by
> myself as the wife does not handle stick shift very well. We have been
> coast to
> coast in both the AM and PM several times now and  are presently residing
> in
> Fayetteville, North Carolina. Now on the second engine which I acquired at
> a Pick n
> Pull in San Jose California back in 2004 when we lived in Palo Alto for a
> mere
> $79.00 plus tax. The engine is still trucking on down the Interstate
> sounding as
> sweet as when it was new!!
>
> This list is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I would never have
> even
> considered keeping this vehicle for this long without its invaluable help.
> May the
> sun in California never set on its parade. I am presently enjoying this
> lovely
> weather in San Diego until August 28th.
>
> Rey
>



--
Shawn Wright