Vanagon asking prices - Ridiculous!

[nsracing]

What are people smoking these days? I was browsing thru the Vanagon section of the ads and found the asking price on many out of this world.

There was one I thought was asking for 70K? Does it include a several bags of coke inside? Geehuz.

Not sure where to put this - I just find this stuff amusing.

[vwracerdave]

[Klister]

You missed the one for $92k.


Can't hurt to ask.

[shagginwagon83]

Anyone can put any price on anything.

That said, the current market is the lowest I've seen in the past 10 years.

When someone asks me in person how much I want for my van, I usually say 1.5x what I think it’s worth. It’s my way of saying, "I’m not looking to sell, but if you’ve got crazy money and want to fund my upgrade to a Syncro, I’ll consider it."
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[E1]

Agree, prices seem to be dropping overall — but think it’s only a short and quick reversal when so many hit the road in early covid, realized they might survive after all, missed and wanted delivered pizza and a heater knob on the wall and easier access to Neil Young revival concerts, and went “back home.”

It’ll reverse soon. Probably a great time to buy.
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Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." — Colin Chapman

[bobbyblack]

Agreeing that this should be in Off-Topic.

That said, some people DO have tons of stupid money, so why not?

Other people are at whit's end, trying to NOT let their soon-to-be-former-spouse let the rig sell on the cheap to says F - U, I got the twenty bux of the $40 that was my half of the sale, you'll get your $20 by check within 10 business days.

I was watching one Syncro sit at ~$90K a few years back, it had the look of the latter of the two. Poor guy put a decade into the wish-build only to have his now-Ex getting half of the sale, IF SOLD.

I know a guy who agreed in a divorce settlement that, when sold, he would get half the proceeds from the house they had owned..... Former wife still occupies the place, and I am guessing she will not die before he does.
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[jimf909]

[Shonandb]

[bobbyblack]

[Sodo]

BAT is a high-end sample in itself.

[jimf909]

[bobbyblack]

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Saw a Syncro westy in the classifieds a few days ago
Asking price was 24k
Seemed like a good deal to me
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[nsracing]

For them asking prices i can get 3 used Tundras-

[zerotofifty]

Everything seems expensive, food, fuel, housing, clothing, tools, furniture, stocks, gold.

Or maybe it is rather the case that dollars, the green paper things have become worth so little? What might drive that value down?

[Corwyn]

Subsequent to a frame-on full-body restoration by https://www.californiawestys.com/, mine was appraised by
https://autoappraiser-seattle.com/ at $80.5k

Not that It'll sell for that . . .
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[Red Ryder]

Maybe Vanagons should become the “key economic indicator” for inflation instead of $7/doz eggs!
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“Nigel” — 1999 Jaguar XK8 convertible (Alpine Green Metallic)

[Xevin]

[photogdave]