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Subject:Re: Saw a different VW van today....
From:Don Hanson
Date:Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:24:16 -0700

That was it...the Crafter, I think.  Looks like what I saw....What,
Canadian only?  Lots of Canadians vacation down here, or work here and go
home for health care..

  See plenty of those Nissan diesel vans, too...Canadian plates.
  Don Hanson

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:

> Possibly a Crafter<
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/VW-Crafter-open-door-resized.JPG
> >...the
> VW version of the Sprinter.  Or a Routan
> <http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/routan-1.jpg>
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  It looked just like a Sprinter or a Mercedes...elongated nose, tall and
> > skinny...great big VW emblem on the grill.  It was parked at Doug's
> Beach,
> > a
> > popular windsurf spot in the Columbia River Gorge, and much frequented by
> > 'generously funded' sports enthusiast.  The Gorge is like a "toy" display
> > destination....so many fancy rigs with gear of all types hanging off
> > everywhere...Sprinters, Range Rovers, 4X4 Sportmobile domestic vans, more
> > vanagons than you can count, etc etc.
> >
> >  I didn't but catch a glimpse of this extra large new style VW van as I
> > passed by...must be a Euro model....Probably well beyond my means, but it
> > will give the Sprinter owners something to trade up to, I guess.
> >
> >  Don Hanson
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Casey
>