My 84 Westy is vanity plate named DETLEF in honor of the OG owner who
owned it for its 1st 18 years & 38.5k miles.  We were the 1st to
answer his ad, & he wouldn't let us drive it, but would take us for a
ride in it.  It had only been serviced by the dealer, & looked/ran
like  brand new.

Coincidently, I was not even considering a vanagon on the day I saw
the ad in the local paper, but threw a rod in a new engine in my 63
DC w/ 700 miles on it & said, hey, how about that vanagon in the
paper this morning!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-Detlef now has 118k & is only slightly used

On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Robert Adams wrote:

> My girls named my 87 syncro Gretchen - They thought it sounded like
> a large german girl.
>
> The name has stuck and now we all refer to her that way, The worst
> part is I find myself talking to her when we are all alone on a
> drive somewhere ! If she isnt driving/running just right I will ask
> her... Whats wrong Gretchen ?
>
>
> Bob
> 87 syncro Westfakia "Gretchen"