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>
> 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??
>
Cannot speak of manual since I don't own one and never would.
Why shift manually when the vehicle can do it automatically?
I dont see the point. You can still use the gears with an automatic -
just shift to a different drive ratio.
Power in my '87 Wolfsburg is more than adequate and mileage around the
same as any other Vanagon.
I hear the automatic is also more trouble-free.
To find the genuine mileage of any VW vehicle, trace (and contact) the
previous owners.