Date:         Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:01:39 EDT
Reply-To:     Cotsford@AOL.COM
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From:         Steve Cotsford <Cotsford@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday: Worst Vanagon/Westy "For Sale" you've seen?
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Try this one on.

It may be available

_http://charleston.craigslist.org/rvs/614699469.html_
(http://charleston.craigslist.org/rvs/614699469.html)

Steve in SC


In a message dated 3/29/2008 3:06:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes:


On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:32 AM, george  jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> I'm sure there are  some horror stories of really poorly presented,
>  filthy, or just  plain crappy Vanagons that people have seen.... And
>  your story?  <<
>
>
>    I was the second person to answer  an ad in the local paper.
>  (December 1993)  The bus' owner was  unaware of the response he was
>  about to  get.
>
>   The first people who looked at it turned up  their noses, evidently
>  deciding it was filthy.  They didn't  ask any questions, nor even seek
>  a test drive.  We looked and  saw a fully functional Westy that merely
>  needed a bit of  detailing.
>
>    Did I mention that the bus was priced  $3,000 below the Kelly Book
>  value?  By the time we showed up,  the owner had been fielding calls
>  from VW dealers, but he honoured  his original price.
>
>   Thanks, picky people!   We've been enjoying your piece of crap for 12
>  years, 180,000  miles, 44 states, two Canadian provinces, and Baja,
>   California.
>
>  George & Jo/ATL
>  '89  WesTiico," Wernher"
>  '67 Kombi,  "Puddles"
>



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