Also... If it was California Campers in redwood city... I've rented from
them before.

What were they selling one of their vans for?

On Wed, May 20, 2020, 6:16 PM Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com> wrote:

> Really not important in my mind either. I bought my van with a broken
> speedo/odometer. I replaced it with a new speedo that was zeroed out
> mileage wise.
>
> If the van is in good shape and it looks good mechanically then I wouldn't
> worry about it too much. These are 30 year old vehicles. They're gonna have
> a lot of miles on them... That's just how it is.
>
> Abel.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020, 6:13 PM VW Vanagon <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy all-
>> I'm in the process of finding an 86+ Westy to start taking my family on
>> some Montana adventures.
>> (side note: if you have a lead on a solid one, hit me up).
>>
>> In the process of the search, I came across a listing for an '89 in Maui
>> (turned out to be a damaged, spray painted and rust-eaten can on wheels)
>> and that, in turn, turned me on to some folks down in CA who are selling
>> the last few of their rental fleet.
>>
>> I texted back and forth with the seller last night and arranged for a
>> video
>> call today to check things out.
>>
>> Throughout the very short call, there were red flags *ALL OVER THE PLACE*!
>>
>> I won't go into the gory details, but I ran the CarFax report and
>> immediately saw that the odometer has clearly been rolled back multiple
>> times over the course of the past 10-14 years.
>> I asked her about it, and got all kinds of excuses and reasons why it
>> wasn't important.
>>
>> This will be my 3rd Vanagon, and with the previous two I learned to follow
>> my gut and *always* to run a CarFax report!
>>
>> Moral of the story:
>> THAT REPORT IS GOLD!
>> GET IT EVERY TIME!  :)
>>
>> The search goes on!
>>
>> -Drew
>>  Missoula, MT
>>
>