Hi folks

I saw a few posts on salted roads and have to vote for Ohio as one of the
worst. Having grown up around Lake Erie, I had to give up my VW addiction
back around 1981 because all my favorite vehicles had rusted away. I had
friends also who worked for the Dept. of Transportation who mentioned they
needed to use up salt to rotate the stock, so to speak, and dumped even more
than was needed. We even nick-named Cleveland area the rust belt.

Needless to say, I was amazed when moving here for my job back in '95 that
there were zillions of older VW's and particularly Vanagons (all with no
rust!) in the town of Davis where I first worked. This is a college town (UC
Davis) and many great deals can be had especially between semesters when
money is needed badly. I turned down a '70 bus a couple years ago for only
$900 in near perfect shape. I could kick myself for this one! I have never
seen so many Vanagons or Westy's as there are in Davis.

Here are a few examples from today's Sacramento Bee autofinder:
(http://www.sacbee.com/autofinder/)

WESTFALIA '76. $1100/ofr. needs little work, (530) 647-2244
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VANAGON '90, 4sp, ac, Exc cond! Beautiful $7500 b/ofr.916-663-3572
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VANAGON '90 GL, $9900, a/c, CD, 4spd, new engine, 781-6696
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VANAGON '86 Great cond, 4 spd, 114k mi, $2500. Call (530) 758-2406
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VANAGON '85 great cond. rblt trans & clutch. $1500. 443-3573
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VANAGON '85, blue, perfect body. $3500/best offer. 922-5539

It is almost worth the price of airfare and travel expenses to come out and
pick one up. I also work out of Washington DC part time and have seen many
nice vehicles back there.

Jim Snyder
www.mother.com/~jsnyder/vanagon.html