

| Subject: | Re: Toronto/Canada |
| From: | Hans Brouwer |
| Date: | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:44:48 -0400 |
Please keep me posted. I prefer east of Toronto. Hans Brouwer 86 Westfalia Cumberland, Ontario Doug Alcock wrote: > Me too!! > > Doug > ''84 Westy > Toronto, Canada > > From: "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> on 09/12/2000 08:56 AM > > Please respond to "1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > cc: > Client: > Subject: Re: Toronto/Canada > > 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) > >
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