I recently called a gal in the Sacramento area who had a nice red full dress
2wd van up for $6700 on craigs list. after watching it for a week it dropped
to $3700 so I called the number even though I had zero cash.
She said no buyers and needed to sell it to cover house payments. several
people said they would buy it at 5 grand or so and never came through with
the cash.

It was a CHERRY van with low miles and spanking interior and paint. No
Porsche alloys or momo wheels but I would prefer not to pay for those
anyway.

Told here that was a fantastic deal for that van. it had no issues. just a
nice cherry vanagon. She said "come and buy it" but I too am not in $$$
position to do it or I certanily would have bought it.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Feast your eyes....

> Well certainly, the market value of any item is what someone is willing
> to pay for it.  In this case it seems that a decent-looking Carat with a
> freshly buffed wax job and armor-all on the rubber and a few aftermarket
> accessories is worth $10K.
>
> I'm just pointing out, it has over 170,000 miles, a waterboxer engine,
> wrong tires, and an accident history.  I wouldn't pay $10K for that.  If
> someone else will, more power to the seller.  And you're right, it's a
> good data point for anyone trying to fight a low-balling insurance
> adjuster.
>
> Allan
>
> Mark A Kippert <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM> writes:
>
> > Playing the devil's advocate here.
> >
> > I have to say I'm confused. Over the last year or so I've read a
> > number of threads that relate to how our vans are often undervalued by
> > insurance companies, as well as websites like Edmunds and such. We
> > often feel our vans are worth much more than they are typically
> > rated. Even after they have been wrecked and (properly) rebuilt we
> > believe they should still hold their value.
> >
> > Now it seems odd that most of the posts on this thread feel that this
> > van is going for far more than it's worth. Maybe it is, but I would
> > think we should be happy as this helps us prove to insurance companies
> > and such that they need to think again.
> >
> > Again...just playing devil's advocate.
> >
> > Mark K 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
>
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL