

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons galore in the Twin Cities |
| From: | Aristotle Sagan |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:19:10 -0700 |
Well, I got three but two don't run and well, I see a vanagon at least every ten minutes while I am driving most of them are not on the side of the road, where exactly are the twincities? I have been in St. Paul and Minniapolis but they sure don't look like twins to me. Perhaps if they renamed it Romulus and Rome? So put me down for 1 1/2 OK? tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Vanagons galore in the Twin Cities > 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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