

| 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 > > Viewit.com > https://www.viewit.com/ > Sunset, Mexico: > https://www.viewit.com/Images/ViewitTroconesBeach.jpg > Sincerely, Andree Hurley Viewit.com https://www.viewit.com/ Sunset, Mexico: https://www.viewit.com/Images/ViewitTroconesBeach.jpg
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