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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SIMON RONALD I   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WESTCORP /CA/ [WES] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) Director of WFS Financial Inc (Last) (First) (Middle) 23 PASTEUR ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2006 (Street) IRVINE, CA 92618 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options - Right to Buy

$ 42.19

03/01/2006

D

3,000 (1)

(2)

02/18/2009

Common Stock

3,000

(2)

0

D

Stock Options - Right to Buy

$ 46.66

03/01/2006

D

3,000 (1)

(3)

03/03/2010

Common Stock

3,000

(3)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SIMON RONALD I 23 PASTEUR ROAD IRVINE, CA 92618				Director of WFS Financial Inc

Signatures

/s/ Ronald Simon		03/03/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of September 12, 2005, as amended and restated, by and between Wachovia Corporation, a North Carolina corporation ("Wachovia"), Westcorp, a California corporation (the "Issuer"), Western Financial Bank, a federal savings bank, and WFS Financial Inc, a California corporation ("WFS"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger (a) each outstanding share of common stock of the Issuer was converted into the right to receive 1.2749 shares of common stock of Wachovia, (b) outstanding stock options of the Issuer granted to officers and employee directors of the Issuer were assumed by Wachovia, and (c) outstanding stock options of the Issuer held by non-employee directors of the Issuer and WFS were cancelled in exchange for Wachovia common stock in an amount determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. Shareholders received cash in lieu of fractional shares of Wachovia common stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.
(2)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, this option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning 2/18/2005, was cancelled in exchange for 1,578 shares of Wachovia common stock.
(3)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, this option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning 3/3/2006, was cancelled in exchange for 1,340 shares of Wachovia common stock.

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