> All vehicles are for sale for only one reason. Their current owners no > longer want them. The trick is to find out why. Yes, but that does Not nessesarilly mean that there is something Wrong with it !!! In my back yard I have several Vanagons. One I'm working on & one I drive. (& one or two for parts ) ETC... I Always put a Lot of Money into All of them !!! ( Not just the one I'm "working on" ) First of all, I need a Dependable Driver. & All Vanagons Need about 6k just to get them To That Condition !!! When I finally do Sell one It's Usally because I just need the bucks to put into another one. Take my 90 Westy. Paid around 12K for it. Invested Over Another 6K in Parts Alone !!!! Go Westy Wheels & Tires Alone are $1200.00 After Shipping !!! And I havent Even put a 2.2 into her yet !!!???!!! WTF ???? Sure I get offers of "under 12,000.00 for it all day long??? This is No Longer a Poor Mans Game !!! ??? !!! YMMV JC... -------------- Original message -------------- From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> > All vehicles are for sale for only one reason. Their current owners no > longer want them. The trick is to find out why. Even those for sale at > dealer or other resellers were acquired because they were no longer > wanted. So now there is a profit factor required there. $12,000 will make > a very good down payment. Even if nothing is obviously needed now, one > needs to set aside money for the day it is needed. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Miguel Pacheco > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:42 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Looking for Westfalia > > 'something that needs almost nothing except small detail stuff. Don't want > to spend more than 12,000 if possible.' > I think you will find plenty of sellers who will tell you theirs fit your > criteria, but none will. Regardless of the price, you would have to have > this thing scrutinized heavily and guess what, there are no guarantees > when > you purchase a 20 year old vehicle. Especially one that is not reputedly > very reliable (though I've had remarkable luck.) > This brings up an interesting question (to me anyway,) and that is, is > there > such a thing as a 'Vanagon Pre-Purchase Checklist.' This would, > preferably, > come from this forum, and would include all the usual suspects, such as > Vanagon Syncrome, seam rust warnings, etc., plus other items, not > necessarily Vanagon specific, etc. and so on........is there such a thing? > > Miguel |
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