I saw a Hobie cat edition on the VW lot the year before I bought my Wolfsburg; expensive, but it was cool looking (and of course came with the boat).  Had alloys but I never looked inside, just saw it on the lot.  

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Subject: Re: rare '86 "Hobie Cat" edition vanagon on samba..

In a message dated 4/2/04 3:57:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes:

> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.mv?alert+200403200239561589

> Rarest of the rare perhaps. Didn't seem so after I saw three in the SF Bay
> Area just recently. One was at Tassi's getting fixed. Listee David R. who
> lives
> by the Great Highway in SF has one. Then there was the one for sale on the
> SF
> Craigsllist for something like $3500.
>
>
well, maybe not rare in coastal towns in cali.. but i think they were sold in
areas where you could actually USE catamarans..  so ive never seen one here
on the EC..
nothing is rare in SF (aka"vanagon city") apparently :<)

chris