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02-29-2016, 07:03 PM #1
Vantasy starter kit?
I've got the opportunity to buy a 1993 EuroVan GL with 150k. $3700. It's got a sleeping platform/storage built in, no stove or sink. It drives great -for what it is. Fuel gauge and temp gauge don't work, fuel pump is newish-3k road trip to Cali on it.
Current owners are a Swiss couple who had it for a year and got it checked out before purchase to a clean bill of health, for a VW with 150k miles. Visas expired and they had to go back, and left their van with mutual friend.
We see it as a low risk entry into the #vanlife. Basically just using it for warm month bike trips.
Hell no or Fuck yeah?Last edited by flowtron's ghost; 02-29-2016 at 07:54 PM.
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02-29-2016, 07:16 PM #2
Do it.
Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
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02-29-2016, 07:16 PM #3
How good are you with fixing cars?
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02-29-2016, 07:24 PM #4
Check in at the VW vanny thread. They seem to have both good and bad sides to them.
watch out for snakes
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02-29-2016, 07:38 PM #5
Jump in head first.
Worst Case you sell it in two years for close to what you bought it for.www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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02-29-2016, 07:48 PM #6
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02-29-2016, 07:52 PM #7
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02-29-2016, 07:58 PM #8
And they are Swiss. Do it.
Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
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02-29-2016, 09:04 PM #9
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02-29-2016, 09:05 PM #10"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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02-29-2016, 09:17 PM #11Ski Shop - Basement of the Hostel
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
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02-29-2016, 09:21 PM #12
Buy it. You could flip it in and make money worst case. The Internet makes working on cars easy.
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02-29-2016, 09:36 PM #13
$3,700 is a lot for a 23 year old van.
Better do some research and ask questions from those that know.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=239951
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02-29-2016, 10:50 PM #14
Something like that here in Canada would sell for 2x as much. Which I guess is pretty much the same in USD. Either way, when I read "Vantasy" I conjured an image of something other than a vw.
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02-29-2016, 11:12 PM #15
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03-01-2016, 06:01 AM #16
sum idears
watch out for snakes
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03-01-2016, 06:23 AM #17
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The last two can bee seen from space.watch out for snakes
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03-01-2016, 06:55 AM #18
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03-01-2016, 07:15 AM #19www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-01-2016, 07:54 AM #20
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03-01-2016, 08:18 AM #21
150K 23 year old Volkswagen with a broken temp gauge? I wouldn't touch it.
But if you want all the van life trust funders to think you have street cred, then sure buy it.Live Free or Die
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03-01-2016, 08:33 AM #22
EuroVans are expensive here in JH. The full campers go for 7.5k all the way up to 20k. Passenger vans go all the time for 5K and up. But hey there's lots of rich folks here.
I didn't want to rain on your parade earlier, but you'll likely be doing some work on it- pretty regularly.
Again, I'm a Vanagon man, but if I was going to do the whole camp, live or party in a van (again) I'd be looking at an American vehicle that can be fixed by any monkey at any off ramp on any interstate on the continent.
Most mechanics will laugh- for one of two reasons- when you bring one of those things in:
1) they're going to soak you on repair and parts, therefore making payroll this week.
2) they laugh as they say "I'm not touching that thing" - as they refer you to a European car specialist (translation: questionable shot in the dark repairs that always run four figures)
Also, I hope your threshold for DIY repairs is high.
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03-01-2016, 08:41 AM #23
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03-01-2016, 09:31 AM #24
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03-01-2016, 11:44 AM #25Registered User
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Wayne's Vee Double U in West Valley is awesome. Makes owning an old VW somewhat reasonable, they charge fair rates.
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