Pete,
MOUNTAINS! until the Eurovan, all the VW vans were so underpowered that you
really have to be a V-dub nut to drive one around here (I'm in Lynchburg).
Indiana is flat enough that it's not so glaring a deficiency. Also, poor
dealer representation. The lynchburg dealer will special order a van, but
stocks none, I don't know about Roanoke these days. Years ago, the last time
I was interested in looking at a new van, the only stocking dealer w/in 150
miles was in Staunton VA.
Ron Komoroski
'87 Westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "pete or nancy owsianowski" <pnocean@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 10:12 AM
Subject: Brown Westy at Hotel Roanoke

> Just got back to Indiana from a week on business in Roanoke, Virginia.
Only
> saw 2 buses of any kind all week and I put some miles on around the area.
> One was Orly Blue with white poptop.  Maybe an '83 or '84?
>
> The other was a nice Brown Westy in the parking lot of the Hotel Roanoke
on
> Thursday night.   License # YSG7449.  Had a little mermaid on the dash and
> what looked like the SA grill with round headlights.  Also, a Vanagon.com
> sticker.
>
> Anyone on the list?
>
> Why so few Westies in Roanoke?  You can see more buses in a week in South
> Bend, Indiana...maybe you have to know where to look...
>
> Pete
> '87 Westy
> "Joe's Van"
>