>Hey there,
>
>Thanks for the info Jim.  I'm really amazed and impressed with how many
>positive responses I've gotten from the list, both from people with
vanagons/syncros for
>sale, and from people with information.  I am a long time VW owner (73
>beetle, 71 bus, 74 Westy, 87 Fox) and have just gone the evil way of the
>Japanese import (first time) in the form of a Mazda 4X4 pick-up.  One year
>later, it's big regrets all round as I attempt to sell my truck for $1000
>(that's $1700 less than I paid for it a year ago). Though I am considering
>the Toyota mini-van as well, the Vanagon list has brought me round again to
>that old faithful company.  How can one NOT buy into a vehicle with such a
>devoted and loyal following??
>
>Anyway, thanks to all the responses.  So far, most have been either
>automatic (looking for 5 speed), just slightly out of the price range (the
>extreme upper end is $5000), or westy (I really need the storage space of a
>vanagon, though perhaps a weekender has the same amount of space as a
>regular Vanagon?).  I live on a boat in the summers (I own and operate a
>small charter business out in Provincetown, MASS, on a 1946 39' Rhodes),
and the
>vehicle is my only place to put and leave things.  But I'm also looking for
>something "nice" enough to go long distances comfortably.
>
>Anyway, that's the update.  Nice to see a place with so much support for the
>VW clan.
>
>Austin Becker
>