The family and I were out and about San Diego today and ran across
several Vanagons for sale. The first was at the BMW dealer in Encinitas.
An 87 GL in very good shape, very clean with 150k, the dealership was
closed, so don't know the asking price. Just down the street is a VW
dealer that is <only> a VW dealer, the only one I know of. They also have
a very clean and straight 87 GL with only 92k miles, they say the blue
book is $7500 and they are asking $7995.

Next we went to Qualcomm Stadium where 20 dealers were having a huge used
car sale, over 2000 used cars. Found an 88 GL Wolfsburg, automatic, jump
seats, table and weekender bed, 150K, asking $10,995!!! This van was
nice, but not that nice. By contrast, there was also a 93 EV with the
same price tag. Then we found another 88, same color as the first one but
with manual transmission for $10,495. Then out in the back I spotted a
Syncro. When I walked up to it a saw a tag in the window that said it had
just been traded in. From the VIN I deduced it is an 87 with 150K
miles,(Yes, only the year was deduced from the VIN, milage from the odo)
had some body and bumper damage, but overall it looked ok. Has the
locking differential. I tracked down the dealer that took it in, they
said they wouldn't  sell it until they found out if they could smog it
(Calif. law requires seller to provide Smog Cert). If not, they will
wholesale it at auction or by bid at there lot, I left them my phone
number and asked them to call when they found out.

If anyone is interested in any of these van, let me know and I'll see
what I can find out for you.

Steve and Jo Ann Wacker
San Marcos, Ca.
90 Carat
86 Syncro

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