gurrenteed
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I have a family of 5 - wife, twin 8 year olds and a 2 year old. I've wanted an RV for as long as I can remember.
Safety has always been my wife's top concern and her major sticking point with the entire idea of RVing in general. Somehow, I finally talked her into a trip this summer from Kansas City (home) to Colorado and then up to Yellowstone. I hoped to spend two weeks doing this in total. Our plan is to rent an RV to see if we like it and then maybe move forward with buying one this summer - the cheapest rental I found was around $7,000 for this time period... Not exactly cheap.
This got my wife looking at RVs. She keeps sending me links for different RVs... So we are now shopping for an RV. I think the thought process is that even if we lose $7k on a purchase, we'd break even compared to renting.
A few years ago, I took a trip with a few friends to the Canadian border to buy a moldy, leaky, loud and incredibly unreliable '74 GMC Motorhome and drive it back to Kanas City. It took us nearly 48 hours in total (MANY roadside repairs and questioning our life choices) to get it back... That said, it was one of the best trips of our lives. I wouldn't ever want that trip with my family, but it was great with friends that have good attitudes and like to turn wrenches and/or pray and take on a challenge. I do all my own home and vehicle repairs. I'm a firefighter, so I have stretches of multiple days off in a row that I think would make owning and working on an RV doable. I have a class A license and I'm comfortable driving just about anything.
The problem is that I don't know much of anything about RVs. I don't know how to find the value of them (especially the older ones I've been looking at) and I've never worked on a diesel... So maybe I'm nuts for even considering this? I'd like something that could tow my wife's 2015 Toyota Highlander (4,400#) but I don't even know if that's realistic.
MAIN QUESTION: Is there a place in the KC area that would run through an RV and tell me if it has any sort of glaring issue?
For instance, my wife wants to go look at this RV but I don't have a clue what its worth, what problems it might have, what it needs, etc.
When did seatbelts become standard for occupants? Any help or feedback would be appreciated.
Safety has always been my wife's top concern and her major sticking point with the entire idea of RVing in general. Somehow, I finally talked her into a trip this summer from Kansas City (home) to Colorado and then up to Yellowstone. I hoped to spend two weeks doing this in total. Our plan is to rent an RV to see if we like it and then maybe move forward with buying one this summer - the cheapest rental I found was around $7,000 for this time period... Not exactly cheap.
This got my wife looking at RVs. She keeps sending me links for different RVs... So we are now shopping for an RV. I think the thought process is that even if we lose $7k on a purchase, we'd break even compared to renting.
A few years ago, I took a trip with a few friends to the Canadian border to buy a moldy, leaky, loud and incredibly unreliable '74 GMC Motorhome and drive it back to Kanas City. It took us nearly 48 hours in total (MANY roadside repairs and questioning our life choices) to get it back... That said, it was one of the best trips of our lives. I wouldn't ever want that trip with my family, but it was great with friends that have good attitudes and like to turn wrenches and/or pray and take on a challenge. I do all my own home and vehicle repairs. I'm a firefighter, so I have stretches of multiple days off in a row that I think would make owning and working on an RV doable. I have a class A license and I'm comfortable driving just about anything.
The problem is that I don't know much of anything about RVs. I don't know how to find the value of them (especially the older ones I've been looking at) and I've never worked on a diesel... So maybe I'm nuts for even considering this? I'd like something that could tow my wife's 2015 Toyota Highlander (4,400#) but I don't even know if that's realistic.
MAIN QUESTION: Is there a place in the KC area that would run through an RV and tell me if it has any sort of glaring issue?
For instance, my wife wants to go look at this RV but I don't have a clue what its worth, what problems it might have, what it needs, etc.
When did seatbelts become standard for occupants? Any help or feedback would be appreciated.
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