Hi Keith,
From what part of the country did you come?
I live in Clarkdale AZ, in the Verde Valley, about 20 miles from Sedona.
There are about 5 other Vanagons here and from what I can tell from talking
to a couple of them, they might as well be driving Big 3 Pick-um-ups. I've
been up to Sedona because I was looking for a shop to work on mine a while
back. Yes, there were more, driven by very nice  people but their mechanics
were in Flagstaff (50 miles north) or Phoenix (90 miles south). I finally
had mine worked on in Prescott, only 45 miles away. I have since discovered
there is someone here who works on VW's but I don't know if he works on
Vanagons. His address is on, believe it or not, VW Bug Blvd. There is
someone in Sedona who works on and sells European cars. I talked to him but
he won't touch Vanagons. He said their owners were too hard to satisfy. Can
you believe that?
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Olsen <VintagePkr@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 2:45 PM
Subject: Is Sedona AZ Vanagon Capital?

> Hi all,
> I just got back from a road trip to Sedona, Arizona and all I can say is
WOW!
>  I have never in my life seen so many Vanagons.  There seemed to be at
least
> one on every block!  Mostly Westies but many 7 pass also.  Are these
owners
> listees or are they just blissfully unaware that they are driving gorgeous
> rust-free bricks just like NYers drive yawnmobile Caravans?  I didnt see
many
> for sale however, so who knows, maybe they do know what they have.   Oh
yeah,
> the scenery was pretty good too ; )
> Keith
> 87 Wolfsburg GL
> 82 Diesel L
> 85 golf diesel
> 79 Loaf
> 93 Saturn (wife's)
>
>