

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons galore in the Twin Cities |
| From: | Mike Miller |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:41:37 -0700 |
Good question? Mike On 10/13/03 6:25 PM, "Julia Schrenkler" <ckjas@MN.RR.COM> wrote: > Sunday 10/12 I took my best friend for his first ride in the Westy, and > just as he was commenting on how he rarely sees them but we pass a white > one with Colorado plates docked at East End Imports repair shop. (hope > it isn't there for anything serious.) Quick spin along the river road > and tooling down Grand Ave I spy two Westies in quick succession - a > nice brown & tan number turning the corner and a modded out dark grey > syncro parked in front of a coffee shop. By now he's speechless, and I'm > smiling like mad. We pull into the station a few blocks later for fuel > and wouldn't you know it, a guy with a great grin in a grey/blue vanagon > is popping into a parking spot. All this in the first 40 minutes of > driving him around! I wish I averaged a Vanagon sighting every ten > minutes every day, but this made my Sunday and my car-spotting friend > was floored. If anyone from the Twin Towns saw a smiling fool in a dark > grey Westy waving at you like her heart was going burst with sheer joy, > well, that was me. > > That said, now I'm curious. Any estimates to how many remain on the > road? > > -Julia > '89 Westy > Minneapolis MN > >
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