nuttyzoomzoom
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Welp. When I bought my first MG, I found one, looked it over, drove it home. RVs aren't that easy.
In our price range that we've looked at and driven:
1st -1999 or 2000 Four Winds 5000 Class C - had the delamination issue.
2nd - 1990 Jamboree, Class C - mileage in the upper 70s, no levelers, well kept, no real issues, price firm.
3rd - 1993 Sea Breeze, Class A - needs tires, electric step broken, no levelers, awning worked funky, no oven, dash AC needs annual freon, bugly carpeting.
We're going to look at a few local dealers between now and the weekend. There's a couple on craigslist we're going to look at in the next few days. And one south of Memphis (good reason to go visit our friends) It's a 'too good to be true' sounding ad on craigslist though, $7900 for a '99 Coachman, 40k miles. http://memphis.craigslist.org/rvs/3676081951.html
What I have learned, in a month's time:
***I want instant gratification... I want my camper YESTERDAY!
***The absolute perfect camper in our price range won't be the first one (or 2nd, or 3rd or prolly 10th) we look at. :
***NO camper is going to have exactly what we want, how we want it and where we want it.
***Sellers want more money for the camper than buyers want to spend.
***There are a lot of good people here willing to take their time to help us out. :-*
We ARE willing to wait, spend this season looking, camping with our friends in their Class A to make sure this isn't a passing whim.
We ARE willing to travel (possibly any distance) to look at/buy an RV in our price range with our *requirements* - provided we can find someone knowledgeable in the area willing to do the initial runthrough. (dahubby and John flew to Portland to buy and drive John's Class A home - but AFTER John's brother-in-law inspected and approved the camper in advance)
So - at this point THANK YOU ALL for all the invaluable advice and information. Please, please PRETTY PLEASE keep your eyes and ears open in case My Perfect RV is in your area. And keep the suggestions coming!
~Janel
In our price range that we've looked at and driven:
1st -1999 or 2000 Four Winds 5000 Class C - had the delamination issue.
2nd - 1990 Jamboree, Class C - mileage in the upper 70s, no levelers, well kept, no real issues, price firm.
3rd - 1993 Sea Breeze, Class A - needs tires, electric step broken, no levelers, awning worked funky, no oven, dash AC needs annual freon, bugly carpeting.
We're going to look at a few local dealers between now and the weekend. There's a couple on craigslist we're going to look at in the next few days. And one south of Memphis (good reason to go visit our friends) It's a 'too good to be true' sounding ad on craigslist though, $7900 for a '99 Coachman, 40k miles. http://memphis.craigslist.org/rvs/3676081951.html
What I have learned, in a month's time:
***I want instant gratification... I want my camper YESTERDAY!
***The absolute perfect camper in our price range won't be the first one (or 2nd, or 3rd or prolly 10th) we look at. :
***NO camper is going to have exactly what we want, how we want it and where we want it.
***Sellers want more money for the camper than buyers want to spend.
***There are a lot of good people here willing to take their time to help us out. :-*
We ARE willing to wait, spend this season looking, camping with our friends in their Class A to make sure this isn't a passing whim.
We ARE willing to travel (possibly any distance) to look at/buy an RV in our price range with our *requirements* - provided we can find someone knowledgeable in the area willing to do the initial runthrough. (dahubby and John flew to Portland to buy and drive John's Class A home - but AFTER John's brother-in-law inspected and approved the camper in advance)
So - at this point THANK YOU ALL for all the invaluable advice and information. Please, please PRETTY PLEASE keep your eyes and ears open in case My Perfect RV is in your area. And keep the suggestions coming!
~Janel