Renze
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VW Amarok 3.0 TDI is used by construction supervisors on civil engineering projects. Regular workers need more storage rom for tools so they drive a van.
Yup!
That would be fun, but I am 77, and only stay there, at my old family home, 3 months each year, so I have lots of other stuff to do/fix.
I prefer playing with my tractors, or digging clams.
I could drive my 8N Ford in a parade there though, and it would be a big hit.
8N's are very rare in the area.
I think the VW really needs to go on E-Bay, as well as my 1902 doctor buggy.
They will likely both bring good money, and right now they just sit, and take up space.
I could add a few bucks and buy two more tractors, to fill up their spaces (that ain't really gonna happen).
My Ranger gets GREAT mileage. If I'm really, REALLY careful I can almost get... 17 MPG.Problem with all these compact trucks from Ford, GM, Toyota is they all are as pricey as full size and they get as bad or worse fuel mileage.
Back in 1981' my new bride sold her fairly new Toyota Celica and bought her new hubby a VW pickup, the gas version. Being the farm/ranch kid I was, I was flabbergasted. But, being a newly wed, I bit my lip and said thanks. That "little truck" got about 35 miles per gallon as I remember. Wasn't a bad grocery getter but worthless to haul much over 500 lbs.
Would I like to have it back, yes and no. It was great for 95% of the things needed and absolutely worthless for hauling anything over the 500 to 600 weight. The problem with going back to that VW pick up (or another just like it) is, when a repair part is needed (and that will eventually happen) there are very few parts still available. Yeah, I'd like to see a small diesel new version hit the market but I darn sure would be cautious of the original version. My two Dodge Diesels are used for heavier transporting. I could load a (VW sized PU) into the back and have a spare.
Rams
The world needs another big pickup like we need a hole in the head. Where's another 1995-1999 Tacoma size? Or another one like the Dodge Rampage? Even another one like the original VW pickup with diesel engine?
Screw the regulators. Bring back our small pickups.
Ralph
If I ever get motivated, and list my dad's '81 Rabbit diesel pickup on E-Bay I would be hoping for a big sale price surprise.
Three years ago, I sold my (very nice) 1986 GMC Jimmy (6.2L) Diesel with 175,000 miles, on E-Bay. I had paid $8000 for it used, in 1990.
29 years since new, It sold for $8200 on E-Bay. Selling fees were $200. I came out exactly even, after owning and driving it for 25 years.
The ideal situation played out for me on E-Bay.
A buyer in Germany wanted it, and a buyer in the Bahamas wanted it. They battled back, and forth, and the Bahamas buyer won.
He hired a rollback to pick it up in New England, drive it to Miami, and then put it on a ship to Nassau.
For any who are not believers in E-Bay....just maybe, you should think about that again.
I would have sold it outright for $5000, and considered it a very fair deal.
My Ranger gets GREAT mileage. If I'm really, REALLY careful I can almost get... 17 MPG.
My company Silverado gets 17+ without even trying.
Any experience with them Renze? The interior pretty much looks like my Jetta with a pickup box behind it.
Unless your Jimmy was pristine I'd consider $1500 fair, $2000 max.![]()