Same thing applies to Ventura, CA.  You can't drive anywhere in this town
without trippin' over a half dozen or more any day of the week.  This
applies up the coast into Santa Barbara and down the coast into Malibu and
Santa Monica. Vanagons & Westys everywhere, with many EV Campers and Rialtas
tossed into the mix.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Aristotle Sagan
<killer.jupiter@gmail.com>wrote:

> And you find this unusual?
>
> The bay area is filled with Vanagons.
>
> Aachen Germany has so many, it's hard to walk to dinner without passing
> four
> or five (if you are paying attention). This is remarkable in a country
> where
> a ten year old car is a rarity.  TUV and the tax laws make owning old cars
> extremely expensive, yet there are many dozens of Vanagons and Westys
> running around the city.
>
> tim (sometimes in san jose, sometimes in Aachen Germany)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I walked out of the Shoreline (North of Seattle) the other day, taking my
> > loot to the Starwagen (my '90 Westy) to head home.  First I see a a '90
> or
> > '91 full Wsty, Orley Blue, sitting along my path,  A few stalls up about
> an
> > '85 ASI camper, then across from where I'm parked a very clean Bay Window
> > bus, and across from that another Westy, about an '84 w/a ten foot Fiamma
> > awning mounted on it.  Five VW Buses or Vanagon campers (counting mine)
> all
> > within a few feet of each other.  Although Buses and Vanagons, especially
> > campers, are common around here this was still unusual.
>