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Date:         Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:32:41 -0800
Reply-To:     BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Advice on how much my van is worth...
Comments: To: Joseph Tu <joe_w2kas@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Where are you located? Area will make a big difference. Here in Santa Barbara, my guess would be that it is worth about $8,000, depending on total mileage.

Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message----- From: Joseph Tu [mailto:joe_w2kas@HOTMAIL.COM] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:51 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Advice on how much my van is worth...

Hello list! I need some help.

I currently own a 90 Vanagon that I am thnking about parting with for safety reasons. It's just that newer cars these days can stop a lot quicker than our big vans and when you are behind someone who slams on their brakes it can get ugly. Anyways I am thinking about selling my van and using the money towards buying a new car. Please help me out as to how much my van is worth.

90 Vanagon base model with rubber floormats all around. Has seats that face backward behind front seats. Engine: 2.1 digifant with some performace modifications including: custom exhaust: free flow muffler (Magnaflow) custom intake: aluminum fabricated intake nozzle for AFM, large cone K&N air filter in original air box section with custom mount high ratio rockers: 1.25:1 rockers with rhino feet high performance ignition: Nology ignition wires and power core core booster, Breu Silverstone S7 silver electrode plugs note: engine just had heads replaced about 10K miles ago

Drivetrain: 4 sp manual, recently rebuilt, with about 10K miles on it, running mobil 1 synthetic gear oil

Brakes: both front and rear are almost at half way point

Wheel and Tires: Ronal alloys, 7 spoke, 16x7.5, had cutom drilled for vanagon Pirelli P4000 Super Touring P225/55VR16 - these have about 5K left on them note: this van corners like you wouldn't believe, I can take freeway loop ramp at 40+ mph, forget about tipping over its history

Paint/Glass: Van is that white but not quite white color, sort pearl I think. Has some surface stuff to fix. Tinted windows: 4% on back windows and 40% on front driver and passenger (SolarGuard) Windscreen: Original, has a crack in the middle and it moderately pitted

Body: Took a blow to the driver side pillar from fallen over tree during rain storm, minor damage. Passenger rear bumper a little bent from baking into someone because I couldn't see them, too low beind rear window Passenger rear wheel well: scratched up from tire chain that went wrong

Stereo system: JVC high end tape deck Preamp/Subwoofer control 4 Polk EX 4 inch speakers 4 Polk DB 6.5 inch speakers 2 Polk DB10 subwoofers 1 MTX 4300 Amp - drives all 8 speakers, 600 watts about 1 MTX 2300 Amp - drives 2 subs, 750 watts

Okay I think that's it! This is a great ride. With the modifications I made to the engine the van can 95 mph and the midrange/topend is much better than stock. The wheels and tires totally change the way the van handles. Fuel economy suffered a little bit with the larger tires, but it still does well on the highway. Oh I forgot one thing! Right now it has a little over 190K miles on it.

Any input, any interested, anything, please email me!

Thanks!

Joseph Tu


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