>It's official: We're Nuts!  62% of us (myself included) reported
>traveling over 500 miles or to another country or continent to get our
>syncros.

I talk to vanagon owners almost daily and have noticed a few things lately.
- Vanagons seem more popular than ever.  They don't seem to be fading away.
- People are willing to spend the time, effort and money to fix them up and
keep them going.
- I've talked to three people in the last month who formerly owned eurovans
and have gone back to the vanagon westfalia.
- Engine conversions are more popular than ever.  Everyone has either done
it or has it in the back of their mind.
- I have noticed a new group of younger people, 20s, who are getting
vanagons.  And spending money on them.  Maybe this is the         same
demographic who would have been driving type two buses 10 - 15 years ago.
-  A lot of vanagon owners are also dog owners.

Gary Lee
Calgary, Canada
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