I have to add too my earlier comment that what I said does hing on the
seller being honest - If he's full of s**t then you never know what you're
getting.

I guess I tend to be more optomistic than others.

On 9/10/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/10/07, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> > dude, if you are hoping a $800 vanagon will give you no troubles your in
> for
> > a big suprise..LOL
> > thats all i have to say :<)
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
>
> Of course, what Chris said.
>
> But.. for every ten doom and gloom scenarios, you'll hear one good one.
>
> I bought an 84 waterboxer in 1999 for $500.00. It wasn't running. So I
> connected the battery, filled up the expansion tank with antifreeze,
> and drove it, with heat issues, for a year. Bought a used engine from
> a friendly neighborhood list vendor $1000.00, installed it myself, did
> the clutch while I was in there. That's it. I drove the van for 5
> years, three or four times a week, total price for 5 years, including
> oil filters... under 2 grand. Sold it to some enterprising young ...
> for $800 who spent the weekend compounding it out and waxing it, put
> armourall on the tires, and posted it on Craigslist for 1800.00
> dollars spewing a whole bunch of lies.... Poor bastard who bought it.
>
> So you roll the dice and get what you gets.
>
> tim in san jose
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus