Vanagons in general have exploded in price over the last decade, luckily for me I sold my TDI swapped vanagon just before the prices really went to the moon... D'oh!
I've seen many of them for sale with an asking price close to $100k. Who knows what they sold for, but...
Its funny, in the Vanagon world, everyone is so sure that sprinters "have no soul", uh, ok, but they do have working cruise control, air conditioning, air bags, anti lock brakes, a solid transmission that won't need to be rebuilt every 80,000 miles, a solid engine, much better MPGs than a vanagon, 2 to 3 times as much interior space, 4 times the towing capacity, the capability to drive 80 MPH all day if so desired, etc... But yea, Sprinters are icky according to Vanagon owners, LMAO!
My lifetime average at 33k miles on my 17 ram ecodiesel is around 23 mpg. Best tank I've gotten has been 27.
Thanks for the real life numbers!