John,
it's actually: http://epage.com/

bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE

> Joel, how does one log onto w w w dot EP dot come without getting 900
> attempts for a poker game to download. I never was able to get on the
> web site through the link you listed.
>
> TIA
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> Chelsea, AL
>
> Joel Walker wrote:
>
> >> nearly all of the syncros i see or hear about are 1987's.  why?  did
> >> vw make a bunch more that year?  was that a really good year at the
> >> factory, and they are more reliable (my secret hope)?
> >
> >
> > a really good year for sales in the u.s. ... here's what i've gotten
> > from the web sales pages (like www.thesamba.com and
> > www.traderonline.com and www.ep.com and www.ebay.com
> >
> > first, just raw numbers by year (percent of total)
> > 1986 130 1986 --> 17.4%
> > 1987 182 1987 --> 24.4%
> > 1988   74 1988 --> 9.9%
> > 1989   85 1989 --> 11.4%
> > 1990 160 1990 --> 21.5%
> > 1991 114 1991 --> 15.3%
> >        745 total
> >
> > so you see that, of all the buses i've seen on the web for sale, 1987
> > is the most common. so we can ASSUME that if more are for sale now,
> > more must have been sold back then. right? ;)
> >
> > then, break it down by percent of total and raw numbers of
> > transmission type:
> >  14.5%       108    syncros of all types
> >    0.1%          1    5-speeds, non-syncro
> >    41.1%    306     4-speeds of all types
> >    40.8%    304     automatics of all types
> >    3.5%       26     unknown <ad didn't say>
> >
> > then break it down by percent of total and raw numbers of model type:
> >    1.6%     12 <ad didn't say what it was, and i couldn't tell from
> > the photos>
> >   28.5%  212 GL
> >    5.9%     44 WLE
> >    5.9%     44 Carat
> >    2.0%     15 Multivan
> >    1.9%     14 Camper
> >    38.5%  287 Camper GL
> >    0.1%       1 Custom Camper (like Adventurewagen or Country Homes)
> >    2.6%     19 Syncro
> >    4.7%     35 Syncro GL
> >    6.6%     49 Syncro Camper GL
> >    0.1%       1 Transporter (in Europe)
> >
> >    0.5%   4 Double-cab Pickup
> >    0.7%   5 Syncro Double-Cab Pickup
> >    0.1%   1 Hannover Edition
> >    0.3%   2 Kombi/Ambulance
> >
> > and further to amaze and annoy you, break it down by tranny type by
> > year ...
> >            syncro   other
> >           5-spd     5-spd     4-spd      auto      ?<don't know>
> > 1986 .....38           0           60          29       3
> > 1987......39           0           86          48       9
> > 1988........2           1           37          32       2
> > 1989........9           0           36          40       0
> > 1990......12           0           59          82       7
> > 1991........8           0           28          73       5
> >  total    108          1         306         304     26
> >         14.5%    0.1%     41.1%     40.8%    3.5%
> >
> > so you see, 1987 was a very good year. ;)
> > what i found interesting is that automatic transmission were just
> > about even with the 4-speeds. i wouldn't have thought that was true in
> > the vanagons. go figure. and look at how the difference between
> > 4-speed and automatic changed over the years from 86 to 91.  must be
> > why vw started putting only automatics in the eurovans after about
> > 1996 or so.  anyway, this is the stuff from that VIN data i collect.
> >
> > unca joel
> > Ophishshal Data Pimp of the Vanagon Lyste!! ;)
> >
> >
>