Yes, he responded to a recent query about his well being after the recent quakes in his home country.

BenT

On Apr 11, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Does anyone know if Yoshi is still on the list -- I don't remember seeing a
> post from him for quite some time........
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM, T-rev Reynolds <gneiss9@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> HI All,
>> 
>> I've got a van who spent his life in Japan before coming to Canada.  I've
>> heard over the years about hints that vehicles over a certain age in Japan
>> can not be insured.  Don't know if the issue is with the age or total
>> mileage of the vehicles.  My ('91) Westy came to N. America in the spring of
>> 2009 and had an odometer reading just over 100,000 miles.
>> 
>> Does anyone know how big the Vanagon community is in Japan and how these
>> vans are able to remain registered/insured if they are all well over 20
>> years old etc...?
>> 
>> Trevor Reynolds
>> Alberta, Canada
>> "SEN", '91 Westy
>> 
>> http://westfalia-91restore.blogspot.com/
>> gneiss9@gmail.com
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