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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:34 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

Just a note
Based on the license plate (ZE) and the sticker the car is probably from Zell am See. Really nice town in Austrian alps. There is lot of snow for many months. So it probably seen lot of salt from the roads as is seen from the photos you pointed.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:18 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

Could be from Austria, could be from anywhere else where they used a lot of salt. I wouldn't believe a word they say
.... "mechanically top notch!" Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:35 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

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Wait 'til you see the pictures of the front brakes...

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Shocked


What’s the matter, those look fine?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:59 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

I quite like the fact that there is actually rust lying inside the wheel.
Seems like it's crumbling as they are taking the pics.
Which might be another USP, the bus is getting lighter, hence better mpg's

It could be funny if it weren't so sad
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:42 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

When the aluminum parts start to rust, thats when you know........








That this trucks looks like it has been sitting in the sand at the beach for 6 years.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:44 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

Well, last I looked it was only up to $1,600 or so…….
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:56 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

That thing sat outside unused for a long time.

All the ridiculous blathering in the description should be enough to make anyone run away.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:59 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

For a few grand I'd be interested, for less than 5k I would totally make that a work truck. Less than 2 hours to go and it's under $4500. Seems I am not the only one who thinks that. I wonder who's gonna get bid fever and get suckered.

For $35k, they can certainly see the door.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

I wonder how it got that full North American dash vin# if it is a grey market import?

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Based on the license plate (ZE) and the sticker the car is probably from Zell am See. Really nice town in Austrian alps. There is lot of snow for many months. So it probably seen lot of salt from the roads as is seen from the photos you pointed.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:33 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

4Gears4Tires wrote:
Less than 2 hours to go and it's under $4500. Seems I am not the only one who thinks that.


Looks like the seller just got a good dose of reality. Glad nobody got taken.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:00 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

Meanwhile, this very honest example is on BAT. Just an interesting comparison to look at the two, how they are shown.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-volkswagen-t3-doka-transporter-11-2/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:40 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

The highest bid at least shows some buyer awareness...not the $$$ they were trying to get.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:32 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

$4,494.44

I just noticed this thing is in Morgantown!

I was all but in Morgantown yesterday on Morgantown Road.

I could've swung by and seen it in person.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

you can still look.... "reserve not met". so the hook is re-baited and will be cast upon the waters once again. it DOES look like a fun place to spend a day looking at vehicles if one had a wad of cash to burn.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:43 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

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you can still look.... "reserve not met". so the hook is re-baited and will be cast upon the waters once again. it DOES look like a fun place to spend a day looking at vehicles if one had a wad of cash to burn.


I wonder how much lipstick they use on their other offerings…
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:44 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

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I wonder how much lipstick they use

On the odometer?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

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DanHoug wrote:
you can still look.... "reserve not met". so the hook is re-baited and will be cast upon the waters once again. it DOES look like a fun place to spend a day looking at vehicles if one had a wad of cash to burn.


I wonder how much lipstick they use on their other offerings…


I think it's a pig farm.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:16 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

The place intrigues me. I may pop down there on a free day and see how much lipstick they use.

It cannot not be an easy way to make a living.
Most Everything you are selling is used, worn out and broken in some manner.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:36 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

syncro surf wrote:
All the ridiculous blathering in the description should be enough to make anyone run away.

"WaterBoxster."
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:08 am    Post subject: Re: gorgeous Doka on eBay - why not wash the engine??? Reply with quote

Per the verbose narrative, this vehicle is being offered under consignment.

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...That's because this is a Doka, and it's the verboten van-truck of your dreams, and it's all up for consignment. Our consignor was inspired by a similar DOKA owned by Ferdinand Porsche...


That can severely handicap the 'seller' but may also provide them some cover if things are not what they seem.

Mainly it means they aren't carrying inventory so they are not under the same pressure to move product as a dealer would be.
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