Not the whole truth, or always the case.

  I have sold vehicles that I really loved, and wanted to keep forever, but
needed the money more that I needed the car, plus I had other cars to use
instead.  Of course, these are the deals that you kick yourself in the ass
for later. Particularly, when you remember what a nice vehicle it was, but
you'd now find it difficult ,or even impossible to ever replace it.

my 2 cents,

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for Westfalia

> All vehicles are for sale for only one reason. Their current owners no
> longer want them. The trick is to find out why. Even those for sale at
> dealer or other resellers were acquired because they were no longer
> wanted. So now there is a profit factor required there. $12,000 will make
> a very good down payment. Even if nothing is obviously needed now, one
> needs to set aside money for the day it is needed.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Miguel Pacheco
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:42 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Looking for Westfalia
>
> 'something that needs almost nothing except small detail stuff. Don't want
> to spend more than 12,000 if possible.'
> I think you will find plenty of sellers who will tell you theirs fit your
> criteria, but none will. Regardless of the price, you would have to have
> this thing scrutinized heavily and guess what, there are no guarantees
> when
> you purchase a 20 year old vehicle. Especially one that is not reputedly
> very reliable (though I've had remarkable luck.)
> This brings up an interesting question (to me anyway,) and that is, is
> there
> such a thing as a 'Vanagon Pre-Purchase Checklist.' This would,
> preferably,
> come from this forum, and would include all the usual suspects, such as
> Vanagon Syncrome, seam rust warnings, etc., plus other items, not
> necessarily Vanagon specific, etc. and so on........is there such a thing?
>
> Miguel
>