Lots of vanagons where I am too  ..
but ..funny thing ..
I know of maybe one other vanagonaut in southern oregon on any of these
lists...
So ...there's this huge, fun,  supportive family/community of Vanagonauts
they may not even know about to share all things vanagon with.
  Doesn't sound near as fun to me !

Glad you all and we all exist !
Damn high quality of folks too generally.
Heck...someone could own a vanagon just for that aspect ..the connection and
community, regardless of type of vehicle.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Do I Live In Vanagon and Bus Land?

> 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
> ***********************************
> 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.
>>