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Date:         Sun, 25 Jun 1995 22:27:34 -0700
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From:         amunro@amunro.seanet.com (Alex Munro)
Subject:      Checked out the '90 Vanagon GL

I'm the one who was asking for advice regarding a '90 Vanagon GL for $7995. I went to see it today. The body is "pretty darn straight" (you have to look in the right light to see a few light dings. Nothing breaks the paint or is very deep). The interior is nice, with seats for 7 people. I took my 2 and 4 year old kids and we checked it out. I had a few minutes before the salesman came out. It does have good tires, and nice alloy wheels. There is a piece of rubber trim above the slider door that is pulling out, and there are some seat belt pieces missing from the center two seats. It does have AC, but I didn't try it out. It has 95,000 miles on it. I looked under the car and found a motor with just enough dirt on it to see that it hadn't been cleaned recently. The motor was dry, and there was none of the white corrosion looking crap on the cylinder heads that I had been warned to look for. The coolant is blue. It has a pull out stereo. The guy came out and took us for a ride. My kids loved it (it is a "bus" after all). It started quickly with no smoke. It did seem to run on three cylinders for a moment. It is very quiet inside when driving down the road. It seemed about as fast as our '79 westy bus when healthy. It didn't shimmy, rattle, squeal or knock during the drive. I told him that I would get my wife and have her come check it out, without trying to seem excited. I'm going to try and dump my '75 Rabbit for a trade (it's been fun darlin', but you just ain't as pretty as you was). What do you think folks?


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