Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:52:04 -0700
Reply-To: Kind Fellow <slyde51@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Kind Fellow <slyde51@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: 87 Wolfsburg???
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hi fellow listees,
i'm a newbie to vanagons..actually, have never owned a
volkswagon before....but a buddy of mine has his 87
wolfsburg vanagon for sale, so i would like some
honest opinions on if i should buy it.
here's some details on it...
it's an 87 wolfsburg vanagon, 190,000 miles...has a
rear bench that folds out into a cool bed w/a cushion
in the back above the engine and has 2 seats facing
towards the rear (pretty cool)...the interior is good,
no tears in the carpet or seats...the seats facing
towards the rear have some side plastic pieces
missing...he's got some plywood in place of the
missing plastic pieces but they work just fine...has a
working flourescent light inside...there's a crack in
the front bumper, not that noticable, no rust as i can
see, no cracks in the glass, the windows roll up and
down, the right mirror doesn't work though...not like
the left mirror where you can control it from
inside...air conditioning doesn't blow cold air, but
he says it just needs freon (isn't that illegal
now)...it does blow air though when i turn it on...now
for the engine...starts okay...it didn't turn over the
first time (he says cause it was cold), but it did the
second time...the weirdest thing is that when i put it
on drive (it's an automatic), it moves but didn't seem
to go into the next gear quickly...it took a few tries
of stepping on the gas and then it seemed to 'catch'
and then was fine from there...i drove it on the side
streets and seemed to accelerate okay, except for the
first few minutes (he said it needed to get warmed up
but might need some transmission work)...freeway
driving was great...i know it's a huge car, so i
wasn't expecting it to go quickly (i know it has a 4
cyclinder engine).
so that's most of what i know of it, from him telling
me and me test driving it...he's asking $3000 for
it...is that too much? good deal? i've check
kellybluebook online and it seems to be right in
comparison to trade in value and retail value....what
about the 'catching' as I stepped on the gas? he said
transmission work and that totally scares me...what's
a new transmission go for on a vanagon like this?
should I offer a price minus the transmission work (if
it's really needed)?
well, any advice i'll take....
Chad,
vanagon newbie
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