Weird that they seem concentrated in certain locales. Of course Van is a
hell of a lot bigger than Abby, and we won't even talk about cosmopolitan.
But what I don't get is if there are so many of these still around that the
boneyards have almost nothing, and what is there is as picked clean as a
steer skull in the desert. And a lot of parts guys don't carry a lot of
stuff for them (except for the specialty vw shops). If the market is
there...

On 11/4/06 12:01 AM, "Geordie Birch" <geordie@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>   Today I saw a few VW van products in Vancouver:
>
>   About ten blocks from my house, a grey Eurovan, no side windows.  A
> few blocks up Hastings St., a maroon doka I've seen around once
> before.  Turn right on Nanaimo, drive for a couple minutes, a Eurovan
> Westy.  Nine more blocks, cruise into the alley looking for a parking
> place, there's a grey seven passenger GL.  After breakfast, head back
> to the hood, take a slightly different route than normal.  Oh look, a
> tan seven passenger I've never seen before.  Few more blocks, there's
> that Westy Bus that's often parked there.  Drop off A., head to work.
> Charles Street's good this time of day, maybe that single cab will be
> parked there.  Yup.  After work, head back to pick up A., there's that
> bus again, oh look, the brown Syncro is home now.
>
>   So 2 Eurovans, 1 Doka, 1 Singlecab, 2 Seven Passengers, 1 Bus, and a
> Syncro.  Eight - in an hours worth of driving.  (I won't bother to
> include the Syncro, Transporter, and Westy that live on my block).
>
>   I say Vancouver is lousy with Vanagons  :)
>
> On 11/2/06, Geordie Birch <geordie@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Whereabouts in the area do you spend your time?  I live in Vancouver,
>> and I see plenty of Vanagons around.  On my block alone there are
>> four.  Up until last week I was couriering and I would see half a
>> dozen or so per day.  A couple of those even had list members that I
>> recognized behind the wheel.
>>
>> Geordie.
>>
>> On 11/2/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>>> For the Vanagon owners in Vancouver and region - where are you? I've been
>>> keeping my eye out, and I've seen one Eurovan in a month. I can't believe
>>> there are only three of us. I really wanna see that friendly wave I've
>> heard
>>> about (instead of the middle finger salute by the impatient guy stuck
>> behind
>>> me).
>>