Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:40:38 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: FW: it's time to say goodbye
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Don't think it's foolish or sentimental... probably the best way to get it
in the hands of somebody that can make use of it and prolong its life, as
opposed to somebody that'd have no idea of what they were really getting
into and maybe just passing it on or junking it before the year was out.
Uh... where was it you said you live? : )
Cya,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anderson,Chuck" <CAnderson@UA.COLOSTATE.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: FW: it's time to say goodbye
Did Karen get any responses to this post? I'm in a similar situation
with my 1986 GL. It has some problems that would require a serious (for
me) amount of money to resolve. However, I'm considering a little
different approach. Since the van was paid for years ago and I have
gotten more benefits from owning it than it ever cost me, I was thinking
about giving it to someone on the list who would give it a good home.
That may sound foolish and sentimental but, that's the way it is.
Chuck Anderson
'86 GL
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Karen
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:07 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: it's time to say goodbye
I'm the second owner of my vanagon; she's a 1991. She served me
faithfully through years of transporting everything you could think of.
I've moved washers and dryers, stoves, even my new refrigerator when we
remodeled my kitchen. I even moved a queen sized sleep sofa and two
wing chairs (at the same time!) in her and actually got the hatch
closed!
She started acting up and refusing to start. It was a battery /
alternator issue. They would take turns being bad. I got both parts
from the store which shall be nameless, but which has a lifetime
warranty on its faulty parts. I kept exchanging one bad battery or
alternator for another bad battery or alternator. To make a long story
short, I lost my trust in my van. : ( I replaced her with a new
vehicle, but out of sentiment couldn't bear to say goodbye. My husband
drove her for a long time. She's been retired since he got a gas
guzzling Suburban.
She's been parked in my driveway, with only occasional excursions out to
the world. I've finally decided I must say goodbye, since my husband
keeps on buying more toys. What does the list think I should do to
prepare her for sale? She doesn't leak oil or antifreeze. I replaced
her heads awhile back; I'll have to try to round up those records,
right?
I think someone from the list called her just a non GL. She's got the
theatre seats, with the grey tweedy / herringbone type upholstery and
the rubber floor mats. The rear bench folds down to a bed. I do have
one extra front bucket seat, since I purchased a pair of seats from a
list member to replace a worn driver's seat. She's got around 130,000
miles, I think.
If there's any rust, it's surface. I did skid into a guardrail one
snowy afternoon on my way to pick up my son from school, so there's a
dent in the right front fender. Manual transmission, good clutch.
I'd like the list's advice on what to do to prepare her for sale, where
to advertise and what price range I should be thinking.
I know I haven't given you much information, but any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Karen
