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Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:27:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
Comments: To: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <c56d3711001190845i4e8e336cn6dded528b200a396@mail.gmail.com>
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As I understand it, once a vehicle has had a salvage title issued, you can only insure it for liability. That knocks the value of the vehicle down a peg or two.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Mike South |Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:45 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles | |I have a pdf of the carfax if anyone is interested (the VIN on thesamba has |the first two letters reversed btw). The wreck he mentions was listed as a |total loss (which I understand with a vehicle that old doesn't necessarily |mean a lot of damage, just over blue book or whatever). | |Brief history: |Florida 1988, |Massachusetts purchase May 2003, 19381 miles, |passed inspection in MA Jun 2003 at 19,701, |back in FL 12/2004, |new owner PA 12/2006, |New owner PA 2/2007, |totaled by insurance company with 35,993 miles 5/2009 collision damage. |Salvage title New Castle PA 9/2009. |Rebuilt title (Philadelphia, PA) issued 11/2009, "dealer took control while |in inventory" | |No trace of it being in Virginia in carfax, could be sold but not titled |yet |I suppose... | |Anyway, there ya go. My carfax sub expires in a couple days, I have a few |queries left if anyone needs anything run. | |mike | | | |On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com> wrote: | |> I sent an email with a bunch of questions, and I while I was searching |> around for what "R34" meant I saw that it was also posted on cl: |> |> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/1559572033.html |> |> In that ad copy it says "I will only be in the states until the 26th So |> will need to come before that . Have lowered the price". |> |> That's either a good explanation for why the price is so low, or warning |> bells about a possible scam. (Just to be clear, I'm _not_ accusing the |> poster of scamming, just pointing something out that should always be |> considered in such a case.) |> |> mike |> |> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: |> |>> I often find that these extremely low mileage vehicles turn out to be |>> high mileage vehicles with the low mileage quoted being on a rebuilt |>> engine. Maybe not in some cases, but it is common. If the vehicle has |>> such low mileage, with the camping equipment seldom used, and was always |>> garaged, why did it need a new pop top, and why does it need a new |>> propane tank? |>> |>> So far as the chrome, moon hubcaps, those are the originals, and I have |>> them on my camper. When I bought it, it had plastic wheel covers that |>> are quite popular and mimic the appearance of alloy wheels. The moons |>> were in a cabinet inside. First thing I did was to switch them for the |>> plastic goofy things :-) . Truer to the original appearance of the |>> camper. |>> |>> David Mc |>> |>> |>> |>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:25 AM, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote: |>> |>> not mine..but dam that's some low mileage.. looks sweet.. not diggin |>>> those chrome moon hubcaps tho |>>> |>>> |>>> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=896425_ |>>> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=896425) |>>> |>> |>


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