On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Joe Luther <jluther@alfons-haar.us> wrote: > I was sorting through the papers in the glovebox of my 1983 Vanagon and in > with what I thought were the papers for the Behr AC unit were a few > documents. One was a receipt for the initial service on the Vanagon at the > selling VW dealer and the other a cost worksheet from a dealership in > Tennessee where the original owner traded in the Vanagon in 1988. It had > 70-ish k miles on it at the time after 5 years of ownership, they traded it > in on a 1988 Pontiac Grand Am with woodgrain interior trim and other sassy > doodads, a note was on the worksheet that the customer wanted to take the > GrandAm NOW! It appeared to be a deal where the dealer gave them $7k+ for > the Vanagon against a tradein value of $3,800 so the total for the 1988 > GrandAm ended up being almost $20k (!) > > > > Apparently, they couldn't wait to get rid of the ol' Vanagon and took a > bath > to do so, poor thing got kicked right to the curb. > > > Wonder which vehicle is worth more now, the Grand Am or the Vanagon? I found a crack pipe under the rear seat of a VW bug I got recently. I bought it (the Bug) from a nice respectable-looking attractive young lady in very conservative blue-collar The Dalles, Oregon. |
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