Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:13:10 -0700
Reply-To: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Breaking up is hard to do
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Why would anyone sell a perfect Vanagon? Hole in the tailpipe? Practically
all of them have it. $20. Some ground connections are not clean? So what?
Clean it and its fixed.
I thought, it had some serious big ticket trouble. But for such superficial
thing, I don't think one should panic and sell.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: Breaking up is hard to do
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Silvia Carranza <silcarr@aol.com> wrote:
> Sadly, I need to get rid of my 86 Vanagon.? Tags are current through
> April, but I would have to put in a lot of $$ to renew because there is a
> hole in the tailpipe, and some kind of electrical short in the
> undercarriage (the engine dies when the undercarriage gets wet).? The
> seats are in extremely good condition, as is the dash board, so I thought
> I might sell the van piece-by-piece.? Any takers?
>
Just my .02
If the Westy was running ok before "wet" issue and is relatively rust
free....
Don't part it out. Sell it "as is", representing it as honestly as you can.
Market it toward an honest experienced Vanagon potential buyer, by
becoming knowledgable of what the issues are (so they won't take
advantage of the situation) and "voicing" this knowledge in the ad.
If it is truly only a hole in the tailpipe (i.e. rest of exhaust ok)
and a "runs poor when wet" issue, that may not be hard to fix.
If all goes according to plan, you might fetch a relatively decent
amount for it, make someone who wants to tinker with it happy, and
save a Westy from the scrap heap. A "win-win". They get a good deal,
you make some clams.
From the other POV, consider that selling it piece by piece, takes time.
How much is your time worth?
:)
Neil.
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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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