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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:47:19 -0700
Reply-To:     marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
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From:         marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: My first visit shopping for a Vanagon
Comments: To: Terry Buchanan <tbuchana@XYLAN.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Terry Just how fast can you run. Cause that's what I and probably 99% of this list would do.At least I hope so.IMHO that van in that condition is worth maybe $5500.But I wouldn't buy it.It's what you can't see that will get you over time.It take abut 2 minutes to pull the speedometer cable off my 83.5 as it's a slip joint unlike the 1980 which screws on. Just be patient, there's a muiltvan out there with your name on it. Marcus

To make things worse, > he was unwilling to deviate much from his asking price of $10,500. > > Although I'm still primarily interested in getting a multivan, this was > a '91 Carat with autotrans. It supposedly had only 50K miles on, but all

> more in-depth search. It's hard to believe it has only 50K miles. > Shouldn't it look more like a museum piece at this point? How can you > tell if it's really got more miles? (i.e.: he's had the speedo > disconnected or turned back) > > Does this seem like it's too high a price? It doesn't even have an > upgraded stereo! Lemme know what ya think. >


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