Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:50:34 +0000
Reply-To: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: FW: it's time to say goodbye
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When I sell a Vanagon it's more like interviewing prospective adoptive
parents. They're being asessed as much, if not more, than they're asessing
the Vanagon...
Joe T.
>From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
>Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: FW: it's time to say goodbye
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:40:38 -0700
>
>Don't think it's foolish or sentimental... probably the best way to get it
>in the hands of somebody that can make use of it and prolong its life, as
>opposed to somebody that'd have no idea of what they were really getting
>into and maybe just passing it on or junking it before the year was out.
>
>Uh... where was it you said you live? : )
>
>Cya,
>Robert
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anderson,Chuck" <CAnderson@UA.COLOSTATE.EDU>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:49 AM
>Subject: FW: it's time to say goodbye
>
>
>Did Karen get any responses to this post? I'm in a similar situation
>with my 1986 GL. It has some problems that would require a serious (for
>me) amount of money to resolve. However, I'm considering a little
>different approach. Since the van was paid for years ago and I have
>gotten more benefits from owning it than it ever cost me, I was thinking
>about giving it to someone on the list who would give it a good home.
>That may sound foolish and sentimental but, that's the way it is.
>Chuck Anderson
>'86 GL
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Karen
>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:07 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: it's time to say goodbye
>
>I'm the second owner of my vanagon; she's a 1991. She served me
>faithfully through years of transporting everything you could think of.
>I've moved washers and dryers, stoves, even my new refrigerator when we
>remodeled my kitchen. I even moved a queen sized sleep sofa and two
>wing chairs (at the same time!) in her and actually got the hatch
>closed!
>
>She started acting up and refusing to start. It was a battery /
>alternator issue. They would take turns being bad. I got both parts
>from the store which shall be nameless, but which has a lifetime
>warranty on its faulty parts. I kept exchanging one bad battery or
>alternator for another bad battery or alternator. To make a long story
>short, I lost my trust in my van. : ( I replaced her with a new
>vehicle, but out of sentiment couldn't bear to say goodbye. My husband
>drove her for a long time. She's been retired since he got a gas
>guzzling Suburban.
>
>She's been parked in my driveway, with only occasional excursions out to
>the world. I've finally decided I must say goodbye, since my husband
>keeps on buying more toys. What does the list think I should do to
>prepare her for sale? She doesn't leak oil or antifreeze. I replaced
>her heads awhile back; I'll have to try to round up those records,
>right?
>
>I think someone from the list called her just a non GL. She's got the
>theatre seats, with the grey tweedy / herringbone type upholstery and
>the rubber floor mats. The rear bench folds down to a bed. I do have
>one extra front bucket seat, since I purchased a pair of seats from a
>list member to replace a worn driver's seat. She's got around 130,000
>miles, I think.
>
>If there's any rust, it's surface. I did skid into a guardrail one
>snowy afternoon on my way to pick up my son from school, so there's a
>dent in the right front fender. Manual transmission, good clutch.
>
>I'd like the list's advice on what to do to prepare her for sale, where
>to advertise and what price range I should be thinking.
>I know I haven't given you much information, but any help would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Karen
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