My names is James, originally from the UK, I now live with my Mexican wife and son Santiago in Sunny Mexico. We have been traveling this amazing country for the passed 3 years and have decided that we want to continue this wonderful lifestyle. My old VW golf is getting tired of dragging our possessions around, and the cost of renting a place to stay wherever we go seems to be a waste of money. So, we have decided that a class C motor home would be a better way to go. I have no experience in this regard and would like to hear from anyone who feels they could help us decide on a vehicle. I am definitely in the used vehicle category, 20,000 - 30,000 dollar range, we would be living in the unit full time, perhaps parking for long spells. The weather here in most of Mexico allows for lots of outdoor living, I am a career artist and paint wherever I go, this I would do outdoors or at least under an awning. Otherwise our lifestyle is very simple, reliability is important, a strong motor for some of the mountainous terrain would be good.
Hello to all from Cuernavaca Mexico
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How large a unit are you looking for? A Class A will give you more living space than a Class C for any given length and Class A's can be found as small as 26 feet.
Actually, for your expected use a trailer and a van or pick-up truck would make more sense. It's probably less expensive to drive and manitain and you don't have an expensive engine & transmission sitting there unused while your "home" is parked. Insurance will be less as well.
There are lots of used rigs available on the US maket - can you buy there? You should be able to get a nice rig for $30k or less.
Actually, for your expected use a trailer and a van or pick-up truck would make more sense. It's probably less expensive to drive and manitain and you don't have an expensive engine & transmission sitting there unused while your "home" is parked. Insurance will be less as well.
There are lots of used rigs available on the US maket - can you buy there? You should be able to get a nice rig for $30k or less.
Gary RV_Wizard
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I'll answer this publicly and invite others to offer their input. A similar question was asked and answered in another thread. This one concerned fifth wheels, but several of the brands mentioned also have travel trailers. See http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php?topic=5365.0
I particularly like Holiday Rambler Alumascape travel trailers. Nash/Arctic Fox is another solid brand, as is Sunnybrook.
