Date:         Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:37:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy shopping over the internet
Comments: To: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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I am on the other end of this
I have a 84 westy for sale and I know I am on the wrong coast to get that I
think its worth
As for them starting to look all the same I hear you
So what makes one westy worth more than another? its not the milage alone or
the or the conition of the body alone. Its a combination of its over all
condition
I have an add that list the many dollars of parts and the labor I have
invested in it and people dont seem impressed by that they instead wind up
buying something for 2/3rds the money that needs most of what they spent on
it to get it in a condition that would aloww them to do what they want to do
with it. I dont get that but I Do get the phone calls every day " I just
bought a westy a few months ago and now I need an engine and all ther usual
vanagon repairs. I always ask did you have
a used car inspection done? and most have not but some had a friend look at
it for them few actualy
had the mechanic they would have work on it look it over before they bought
it.

the first van mine has had all the mechanics done threw the second van has
not
what van do you want to spend the summer driving around in
no slam intend or the other fellow van just tring to make a point of value
and how to shop for a van
Bob

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=494881

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=549549





----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: Westy shopping over the internet


> I've been shopping for a Westy, on-line, Samba & craigslist for the
> most part. Limited to the west coast, but somewhere within a 12 hr
> drive of Olympia WA would be best <g>.
>
> I have been asking a lot of questions which means a lot of e-mails
> and it's really getting hard to keep them in some type of order. I
> guess there are worse problem to have.
> The other problem is I won't be in a position to actually buy (if I
> find one) until next month so this is truly 'shopping'.
>
> That brings me back to having to sort the different VW's I've been
> interested in, I really do try to keep them separate.  Craigslist ads
> only last a week and they often get relisted and after awhile all the
> VW's sort of look the same ... I don't want to ask the same dumb
> question for than once per VW <g>.
> I'll keep working on it...
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net