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I bought this van with 85K miles from a kindly gentleman and his wife out of Kalamzaoo, MI in Feb 2012. It has served me very well for music festivals, beach trips and also as a utility vehicle for my occasional need to move tools and equipment. It has a Reese hitch also which I only used for my 4x6 trailer. I paid $17K for the van then.

It has a nice Pioneer head unit and CD player with auxiliary input with JBL 6-speaker system. Sounds great! I added a Memphis Audio amp and subwoofer and also got the van tinted down nicely to the South Carolina and Virginia limit which helps keep her cooler in the Summer ($900).

Right after I bought it, I had it looked over by the Auto Haus of Myrtle Beach to the tune of $2600 to replace high pressure power steering hose, AC control module, tune up, one coil pack, and AC service. This year had to replace the AC pump and belt later for around $750.

I put new shocks on the front myself.

This van is a joy to own and drive. It's the VW van that can get out of its own way ;) It's a festival hit, and a very practical camper (sleep 2 up, 2 down). It gets 20+ MPG highway, which is unheard of for an RV.

While the van has a clean Virginia title, I did learn when I tried to list it that the title is salvage from an accident back in 2003. Apparently the van was repainted at that time. I had no idea from the performance of the vehicle that it ever had an accident. The only indication I had was when I had it aligned, the tech let me know that the caster and camber were fine, but that one of the front wheels is a fraction of an inch in front of the other...he said that could cause a pull but would not wear tires. I never noticed a pull so I call it 'good' :) This was not disclosed to me (bad karma) and I didn't Carfax it (trusting as I am) but I will disclose this to you. Be not afraid. This is a fine vehicle with mostly complete service record, low miles, and high fun factor!

Selling for financial reasons for below market (just what I paid) in respect for the tradition this increasingly rare van represents and to account for the status of the title.

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Chrysler slows minivan production, hasn't built VW Routan this year

Wed, 13 Mar 2013

Chrysler has slowed production of its Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans this week, Automotive News reports. The Windsor, Ontario plant will cut its three shifts from eight hours each to four hours each in an effort "to align production with market demand," a Chrysler spokesperson told AN. Chrysler also builds the closely related Routan minivan for Volkswagen at its Ontario facility, but has not built a single example thus far in 2013.
Sales of Chrysler's minivans fell 15 percent for the first two months of 2013, and a large part of that has to do with the 26-percent drop of the Grand Caravan alone (the T&C was only down by one percent). According to Automotive News data, as of March 1, Chrysler had an unsold inventory of 24,713 Town and Country models and 18,547 Grand Caravans - a 69- and 43-day supply, respectively.
"No sense running full speed now, then have a lot of vehicles sitting around a few months down the line," Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson told AN. Full production is expected to resume again on March 18.

VW recognizes second union at Chattanooga plant

Wed, Feb 18 2015

The ongoing story of organizing workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, TN, continues to get more complicated. Following an independent audit, the automaker has now recognized a second union at the plant called the American Council of Employees. The group was founded there last year to offer an alternative to the United Auto Workers. "I'm not anti-union. I understand that a properly run union can benefit people. We will be that union," Sean Moss, president of the ACE, said to Reuters, according to Automotive News. The group claims to represent at least 15 percent of the workers at the plant. Acceptance of the ACE has led to an interesting situation in Chattanooga because VW also recognized the UAW at the factory in December 2014, and the group has claimed to represent at least 45 percent of workers there. According to Automotive News, each union has access to management, but the UAW has more because of its larger contingent of supporters. However, neither organization has a collective bargaining agreement with the automaker. Moss may have a rough time increasing support among employees at the factory. According to Automotive News, many anti-UAW workers there are completely against unions in general. Getting these folks to join his group isn't an easy task. The UAW has been working to fully represent the VW factory for years. However, the group lost a vote to do so in 2014. It eventually created a union local there to try to build support. All of the effort comes ahead of a $900 million plant expansion to add about 2,000 jobs and build a new crossover in Tennessee. News Source: Automotive News - sub. req.Image Credit: Erik Schelzig / AP Photo Plants/Manufacturing UAW/Unions Volkswagen chattanooga vw chattanooga chattanooga tennessee ace

Volkswagen hatches hotter GTI in Geneva

Tue, 05 Mar 2013

The all-new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf hasn't even launched here in the United States, but over in Geneva, we're already getting our first glimpse at the hotter GTI hatchback. The fancy new Mk VII Golf is already off to a healthy start with positive reviews in Europe, and we have no doubt that this next GTI will work hard to regain its title as king of the hot hatches.
The big news for this generation of GTI is that for the first time ever, Volkswagen is actually offering two different power grades for the model, both relying on the 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four. Standard cars pack 220 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, but an optional performance pack ups the horsepower number to 230. Hitting 60 miles per hour takes 6.5 seconds (6.4 with the performance pack) and top speed is quoted at 153 mph (or 155 with the performance kit). Volkswagen will continue to offer the GTI with both six-speed manual and dual-clutch transmissions.
On the visual front, the sub-3,000-pound GTI adds the usual bit of hot hatch aggression over the standard Golf, and those changes carry over to the interior with a flat-bottomed wheel and, of course, plaid seats. She's certainly a looker, and while some of us do find the new Golf's design to be a bit staid and evolutionary, the enhancements for the GTI indeed tug on our enthusiast heart strings.

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