This is addressed mostly to Toronto area Westy and other VW van owners.

Having been on the list for some months now, it strikes me that we Canadians
have some unique issues which separate us somewhat from our American
Westphalia brothers. The most important of these is the US $ exchange rate,
which is at 1.50 so everytime  we see something that "only" costs a few
hundred bucks US on all those wonderful American Westy sites, in fact it
costs us 1.5 times that much PLUS the shipping, customs and other tyrannical
taxes the Canadian government extorts from us. Added to this is the dearth
of good VW mechanics and parts supply sources, (plus our unique winters....)

I see that Quebec has a VW Westphalia club, and I wonder if any or all of
you listees in the Toronto area would be interested in getting together for
drinks and or chat, with a view to trading stories, parts and good local
mechanics for our beloved vans.

Having never really organized this kind of thing before, I'm not sure where
to start, but if enough people e-mail back, we could attempt to have some
kind of meeting at an agreed time and place. Who knows, it could even lead
to something more permanent, but let's see.

Any of you hosers out there interested?

AP Hovasse
86 Westy
Toronto (Don Mills)