And I was in LA last week.  Wow.  Saw more in 3 days than over the past year
in NM and OH.  A beautiful white Westy automatic for sale in San Pedro about
10 blocks south from where the 110 freeway ends.  Go in the daytime.
Cheers.

Jim
91 Syncro Adventurewagon
99 NB TDI - did I hear that fuel prices increased?
Fairborn OH
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: Vanagon Sightings in CA

> Hi,
>
> I made my first trip to the left coast last week, and spent Tuesday
> afternoon through Sunday morning in Silicon Valley, including San Jose,
San
> Francisco, Monterey, Santa Cruz, etc.   I decided to count Vanagons (not
> busses or eurovans or new beetles, I can't count that high) just to see
how
> many I could find in 5 days in the Vanagon capital of the U.S. --  I got
up
> to 43!  The highest density was San Francisco.  In the 1/2 hour on Friday
> night that we walked across the Golden Gate bridge, we saw 10 pass by!
> That was incredible.  The best sighting was #41, a beautiful white Syncro
> Westy in Monterey on Saturday.  It had the tag "TEEPEE,"  and a list
> sticker too!
>
> Michael
> 90 Carat
> Durham NC