Date:         Tue, 8 May 2007 11:25:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Markus Mumper <markusmumper@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Markus Mumper <markusmumper@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Editorial opinion: VW Collectors..Probable unpopular
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On 5/8/07, joe trussell <vanagongl@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think that selling a Vanagon is less about profit (from my perspective
> there is no such thing as Vanagon monetary profit) and more about
> interviewing prospective adoptive parents.
>

That's funny -

When we bought our current Westy the owners, a middle aged couple from New
Zealand, basically interviewed us when we went to look at the van. The only
reason they were selling is that they were going back to New Zealand and the
van would not fit in their shipping container (although their MG would).

It was a little chilly and I was wearing a beanie. The wife asked me if I
was a surfer, I said no. She said good because they would not sell to a
surfer because they don't have enough money to take care of a van!

We proceeded to go into their kitchen, talked for about half an hour and I
guess we passed - they sold us the van. She was an '87 Westy with recently
re-built heads, about 130,000 total miles and pretty much flawless EXCEPT
for the stupid seam rust at the utility ports. This was three years ago and
we got her for $6,000 which in retrospect was a good price.

Maggie, Markus and The Girl.