Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:02:45 -0800
Reply-To: steve@SYNCRO.ORG
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From: Steve Schwenk <steve@SYNCRO.ORG>
Subject: [Fwd: How much pay for van? GLX version]
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Since van prices are a topic, i could not resist
re-posting this!
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Subject: How much pay for van? GLX version
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 23:03:05 -0400
From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM>
Reply-To: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Well, I had to buy a model which I considered more
fitting for a man of my
status, and of course something unique as a testament
of my
individualmyality, so I bought a 1991 GLX Eastfailia
Wolfsburger
special-edition Limited model. This ultra-rare model
is equipped with gold
trim accents and logos, 17" eletro-statically discharge
plated solid gold 3
star wheels, illuminated zircon shifter knob, luxury
interior upgrade,
xenon lights, hot weather package, cold weather
package, electronics
upgrade, data upgrade, radar -- as in RADAR -- not a
detector, performance
enhancement package, suspension package, clearance
upgrade, 7 speed tranny
upgrade, and the Eastfailia Wolfshamburger medium-rare
earth pink-to-light
brown-to charbroiled black carbonized low-gloss finish.
Quite simply,
there's not another one like it. Looks good enough to
eat.
For those of you who haven't been around long enough to
know, the
Eastfailia* version is VW's half-camper designed
exclusively for the
miserably hot, steamy, criminally humid climes of the
eastern seaboard, and
particularly, the Georgia territory. It comes standard
with eight (8)
separate air conditioning systems and a vacuum sealed
Airstream Trailer
permanently attached for relaxation/exercise space.
There is no outside
door. (No one dare venture outside in the southeastern
humidity anyway).
Mfgr's Suggested Retail Price: $77,000. The salesman
was quite cordial
and graciously offered to sell me the masterpiece for
the ridiculously low
figure of $69,000. I did some calculations, and
immediately wrote a check
before the fools realized their blundering folly. The
way I figure, by
buying this vehicle I instantly made $8,000! So really
I didn't pay
anything -- they paid ME to buy this one-of-a-kind
van! They never did
figure it out. Just to be sure they didn't, I never
taken it back there
for the free service -- I was afraid they catch on to
me. So to keep the
miles off and keep me from having to change the oil, I
just keep up on
blocks in my back yard. Runs great, and still only 37
miles!
Horace
*By the way, what first attracted me to the van was the
poptop on the
Eastfailia version remains in the open position all the
time, housing the
overhead a/c units. I thought it looked cool going
down the road like
that. My girlfriend said it was a phallic cymbal or
something. I didn't
understant what she meant, and I've never played the
drums. We broke up
not long afterward.
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