The hand of fate works in strange ways and there are
parallel universes out there.

I reported earlier that there is a new syncro westy in my
neighborhood.  I have since had dinner with the owner (from
Germany) and his wife and their daughter, who happens to be
withing a few months of my daughter's age (5).  Peter and
his wife moved to this neighborhood for the same reasons i
did (lots of woods, green space, parks and ocean).  they are
so close i copuld hit their house with a rock.  Anyway,
hoping to stave off fits of jealousy and rivalery from my
syncro, I invited Peter and his syncro over to my garage for
a drink of Redline MT-90 this evening...actually both vans
had the Mt-90, while Peter and I sampled his private stock
of german beers.  While comparing the vans, i remarked that
his was the only other 1990 i had seen with black mirrors.
We checked serial number tags.  Both were made in June
1989.  We then checked the numbers...his is No. 201 and mine
is No. 209!  The amazing thing is that his van was purchased
in germany (for u.s.import) by the PO.  They were probably
made the same day.  They probably saw eachother and got to
know eachother in the final inspection area even.  And now
10 years later, they meet again!  And both still look new.
How "cool"!