Advice and past experience:
        Beware of claims surrounding "broken" odometers.  Evaluate this
vanagon as if it had no odometer - on condition alone.
        As a new Vanagon Westfalia owner, I have to say that I would be
concerned about the power loss of the automatic.  Not much to spare as you
surely know from your '84.  Others will advise you better here.

Good luck.
Alan.

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, karen brown wrote:

> I still love my '84 Westy, but I'd like a car for around-town driving.  I've
> found an '89 Carat with only 57k miles (the odom is broken but the seller
> says he has maintenance paperwork that shows that this is about the correct
> mileage) for $3900.  My only beef is that it's an automatic transmission.
> Any advice or past experiences??
>
> Thanks, and happy Friday!
>
> Karen Brown
>