

| Subject: | Re: Friday: Worst Vanagon/Westy "For Sale" you've seen? |
| From: | Steve Cotsford |
| Date: | Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:01:39 EDT |
Try this one on. It may be available _http://charleston.craigslist.org/rvs/614699469.html_ (http://charleston.craigslist.org/rvs/614699469.html) Steve in SC In a message dated 3/29/2008 3:06:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, musomuso@GMAIL.COM writes: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:32 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm sure there are some horror stories of really poorly presented, > filthy, or just plain crappy Vanagons that people have seen.... And > your story? << > > > I was the second person to answer an ad in the local paper. > (December 1993) The bus' owner was unaware of the response he was > about to get. > > The first people who looked at it turned up their noses, evidently > deciding it was filthy. They didn't ask any questions, nor even seek > a test drive. We looked and saw a fully functional Westy that merely > needed a bit of detailing. > > Did I mention that the bus was priced $3,000 below the Kelly Book > value? By the time we showed up, the owner had been fielding calls > from VW dealers, but he honoured his original price. > > Thanks, picky people! We've been enjoying your piece of crap for 12 > years, 180,000 miles, 44 states, two Canadian provinces, and Baja, > California. > > George & Jo/ATL > '89 WesTiico," Wernher" > '67 Kombi, "Puddles" > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)
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