12,500 is high but 95RRC's in decent shape are getting hard to find. It was an "example".
I have a 95 LWB. Heating / Cooling is the same as my 98 D1. Fine for Colorado.
Pikes Peak Rovers is closed/gone. Sometime in 2014? I'm not surprised.
Yeah I know it is an example, but it is a REALLY expensive example on craigslist from an unknown person, and does not really look that special.
They are getting hard to find, but they are not all that uncommon in the west and in CA there are still a decent amount in great shape.
I'd much rather pay someone that I know that makes a living building rovers if I am going to drop 6x book on a 20 year old car. Otherwise, I'll get one in clean condition with no problems for $2k-$4k.
No 20 year old car with 145k miles can justify that kind of money unless something is special. Model, collector car, completely restored, etc.
If you are patient, you can find the anniversary model for that and if you are really looking for a 10k+ RRC, you should be patient. Getting one to that level of value is truely something you must love to do (not me!).
I am not a huge fan of any RRC HVAC. Nor the 98 Disco HVAC, which can also struggle my 98 only does "fine" at < 0.
On the RRC the heated windscreen can help, but I like to be toasty driving down the highway at -20 degrees.
IMO, only the 95 will do fine in CO weather and I have never been in one that does well and the only way to know this for sure is to have it out in subzero weather doing 80 on the highway.
My 89 and 93 could not handle it and I have talked with many people with the same problems. Ultimately it is why I do not still have one.
If I were set on having something really top notch, I would just go here and be done.
http://www.worldprovenlr.com/#!services/c1pm2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301619227420
