Date:         Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:54:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Kind Fellow <slyde51@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Kind Fellow <slyde51@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Wolfsburg???
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more info...i'm in los angeles...does this mean if i
were to buy a similar 87 vanagon elsewhere the price
would really be different?...if the transmission is
bad does it also mean the engine is bad too?...it does
seem amazing that there's 190,000 miles on it and it's
supposedly the original engine...is there a way to
tell if it's original or rebuilt?
--- Kind Fellow <slyde51@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> 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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