I'm in.

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario,
'80 Westy "Pokey"
'87 Chevrolet Sprint 5-Door
'91 Pontiac Firefly Convertible

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alain Pierre Hovasse" <aphovasse@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:03 PM
Subject: Toronto/Canada

> 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)
>