On Friday, Dec. 4, we're flying to St. Louis to pick up a 2006 Roadtrek Adventurous on a Mercedes/Freightliner chassis. 50K miles. Van City.
Depending on the weather, which looks pretty good at the moment, we plan to drive the 1,000 miles back to Denver Friday Night and Saturday. I bought new Michelin all weather LTX mountain snow tires for a total of $822.20 less a $70 factory rebate. They'll be installed next week. Insurance at State Farm was a little over $720, including coverage for towing and window replacements.
How we decided:
1. Reviewed many posts on this and other boards as well as at the Roadtrek Yahoo Group.
2. Test drove Roadtreks, Pleasure Ways, Coach House and another C.
3. Decided a king bed is a must.
4. Decided we didn't want a C, because we want mobility and plan to travel, not park.
5. Decided on a B because we have space to park one and maybe build a garage for one.
6. Evaluated Roadtrek 4x4 Lextor. Decided I would hit my head to often in it and the 210.
7. Focused on the Advernturous and other Dodge Sprinter Rvs. Like the head space, sitting high above the road, the windows, the king bed, the chassis.
8. No decent used Adventurous available in Denver. Was heading east for TG and decided to visit Van City. There was no pressure from John, the salesman. We applied the pressure. Drove several units. Really liked the Lextor and a Pleasure Way as well as the new Adventurous. Finally settled on what looked like the best used unit on the lot for us. Didn't want to buy new and take the depreciation, pay the taxes, etc.
Unless we take a trip south over the winter, we won't get in our first overnight in the unit til next April or May. DW has sketched out vacations for the next 10 to 15 years.
Depending on the weather, which looks pretty good at the moment, we plan to drive the 1,000 miles back to Denver Friday Night and Saturday. I bought new Michelin all weather LTX mountain snow tires for a total of $822.20 less a $70 factory rebate. They'll be installed next week. Insurance at State Farm was a little over $720, including coverage for towing and window replacements.
How we decided:
1. Reviewed many posts on this and other boards as well as at the Roadtrek Yahoo Group.
2. Test drove Roadtreks, Pleasure Ways, Coach House and another C.
3. Decided a king bed is a must.
4. Decided we didn't want a C, because we want mobility and plan to travel, not park.
5. Decided on a B because we have space to park one and maybe build a garage for one.
6. Evaluated Roadtrek 4x4 Lextor. Decided I would hit my head to often in it and the 210.
7. Focused on the Advernturous and other Dodge Sprinter Rvs. Like the head space, sitting high above the road, the windows, the king bed, the chassis.
8. No decent used Adventurous available in Denver. Was heading east for TG and decided to visit Van City. There was no pressure from John, the salesman. We applied the pressure. Drove several units. Really liked the Lextor and a Pleasure Way as well as the new Adventurous. Finally settled on what looked like the best used unit on the lot for us. Didn't want to buy new and take the depreciation, pay the taxes, etc.
Unless we take a trip south over the winter, we won't get in our first overnight in the unit til next April or May. DW has sketched out vacations for the next 10 to 15 years.