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Subject:Re: '87 Westfalia on Boston's Craigslist
From:John Bange
Date:Thu, 11 May 2006 07:40:25 -0700

On 5/11/06, J Tassone <jtassone@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Here's the link...
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> http://boston.craigslist.org/car/159173155.html
>
> It needs some work.

Yeah, I'll say. I notice a little paint bubbling around the outlets and at
the seams. As one memorable vanagon listing on ebay once said, "this is
normal" ;)

"spare is one of the original tires, hardly used."

Man, if it's one of the factory Conti's, at this point it's not so much a
"spare" as it is an "artifact".

"179,000 miles (engine actually has only 168,000)"

I'd love to hear the story behind THAT. Did they manage to blow up the
factory engine at only 11K miles? Or do they now know every AAA tow truck
driver east of the mississippi? Maybe they have a big diesel pusher and it
was their "toad", but who'd want THAT?

-- 
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"