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Subject:Re: Vanagon Sighting
From:A. Hurley
Date:Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:44:08 -0400

PS As a matter of fact, some of my friends organized local vanagons to
roll in the annual Rhody Parade a few weeks ago (sadly, I missed it)...

On
Sat, 9 Jun 2007, A. Hurley wrote:

> I think they are all on the Olympic Peninsula - people don't even wave
> any more they are so common. In Port Townsend today I saw over five
> while doing errands...
>
> Andree
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2007, Robert Fisher wrote:
>
> > It would be interesting to know what the on-the-road survival rate of these
> > vans is... meaning how many of them are actually (and legally) in use versus
> > the number that were sold in a major geographic area (North America, Europe,
> > etc.)
> > I wonder that they aren't just getting rare(r) now.
> >
> > Cya,
> > Robert
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Roberds" <mattroberds@COX.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: Vanagon Sighting
> >
> >
> > >> From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> > >> Date:    Wed, 30 May 2007 11:51:23 -0700
> > >>
> > >> Well, we need to do a per capita thing. How many people in the Port
> > >> Huron, MI, area?
> > >
> > > To calibrate your head a little: one source I have says that from 1980
> > > to 1989, about 119,000 Vanagons were exported to the United States.  If
> > > all of those vans were still on the road today, there would be about one
> > > van for every 2,500 people in the United States.
> > >
> > > By this logic, greater Tulsa, OK, would have over 300 Vanagons.  My
> > > personal estimate is that it's much lower, probably in the range of a
> > > few dozen.
> > >
> > > Matt Roberds
> >
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andree Hurley
>
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Sincerely,

Andree Hurley

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