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"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 10/10/2018 at 23:37 • Filed to: Beetle, VW

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Have we all gone utterly barking mad? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Steve in Manhattan > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:40

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Link - would not load:  https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/volkswagen/beetle/2171078.html

lone_liberal > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:47

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I can understand why a museum would want it, or VW, but I have no idea why an individual  would pay that much for a car that they can’t drive or really do much of anything with.

WilliamsSW > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:48

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Not all of us have gone barking mad, but that seller has.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:48

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Just think if it were a 23 window type 2.... I’m not even sure anyone that wanted it would be able to afford buying it, even if they did sell all thier Apple  stock.

Chariotoflove > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:48

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Yeah, Torch did an article on this basically saying the same thing.  It’s crazy, and now no one can ever drive it.

E92M3 > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:51

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$ 100,000 would be a stretch.

MAYBE if it was a the very first 23 Window Van to roll off the assembly line, and  in the same condition.

RvDTMedia > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:56

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I always find it equally funny and infuriating when people ask too much for their car, while showing it off with  the worst photos of it. It adds to the joke, while also insulting me as car photographer. 

wafflesnfalafel > Steve in Manhattan 10/10/2018 at 23:59

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entirely what the market will bear - more power to him, (and it is one of roughly 29 manual transmission cars still operating in Beaverton, OR!)

facw > WilliamsSW 10/11/2018 at 00:26

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I imagine the buyer will be mad as well. They may not be mad enough to pay $1M, but it will fetch a lot. Doesn’t really matter though, if you’ve got the money, spend it on what you want. We probably should do something about the income inequality that supports such prices, but that’s a separate issue.

Steve in Manhattan > E92M3 10/11/2018 at 00:39

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Yeah - and the van would be, oh ... useful! 

jasmits > Steve in Manhattan 10/11/2018 at 00:59

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Oh, I misread that as $1000 and thought it seemed like a decent price. 

Steve in Manhattan > Chariotoflove 10/11/2018 at 01:12

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Worked on my own cars way back when, and I’m thinking about what I’d face here. Clutch plate turned to dust, throwout bearing ready to snap, brake shoes turned to mush, fuel lines rotted, gas tank probably ready to spring a leak, tires flat-spotted, frozen nuts ... how much am I paying again?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Steve in Manhattan 10/11/2018 at 03:18

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CP!

Chariotoflove > Steve in Manhattan 10/11/2018 at 09:43

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Clutch kit: $69.95

Brake shoes: $42.50

Bragging rights:  priceless?

Steve in Manhattan > Chariotoflove 10/11/2018 at 20:54

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Clutch kit: $69.95 Clutch kit: $5 69.95 - fixed that for you.