In California's Central Valley unfortunately Vanagons are also rare.  Hardly
ever see one; saw more over the holidays on I-5 than almost any other time.

Interestingly there are quite a few in Sacramento though.  When I worked in
Oakland, right next to Berkeley, Vanagons and busses had become rare sight,
which is odd for that area.

Donna

On Jan 2, 2008 10:21 PM, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I drove my Passat from South Bay (San Jose) to Reno Nevada and back last
> week. I only saw one late model Westy along highway 80. I was going 75 MPH
> uphill. The Westy was of course slower. While in Reno I saw a few AC buses
> but no Vanagons. It's understandable that people there need American made
> trucks more than Vanagons with little horse power.
>
> David
>
>
>
> --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/2/08 5:14:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jjolson@GWTC.NET
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > > I spent three weeks with my folks in Santa Rosa, CA, 50 miles north of
> > > San Francisco.  I saw dozens and dozens of vanagons - two of them on
> > > their dead end street...  I even saw two lower legs sticking out from
> > > under one by the side of the road.  If I hadn't been taking my dad to
> > > radiation therapy, I'd've stopped and offered a hand...
> > >
> > >
> >
> > when i was in socal, they were all over the place..   when i was in
> boulder
> > CO, i counted 12 of them in a 15 minute period while i was sitting at a
> > quizno's  eating lunch.
> >
> > back here in southeast PA, they dont exist.
> >
> > chris
> >
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