NurseDaddy
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Hi everyone. I'm new here.
This Sprinter sickness all started with me seeing a show about RVs on the travel channel. Next thing you know I'm stopping an old lady on the street who has a Vista Cruiser... scouring the internets... visiting dealers... Here's where I'm at.
The lady I stopped on the street just so happens to want to sell her 2004 Vista Cruiser. <15K miles. Comes with a rear hitch platform and a Honda Elite Scooter for when you don't want to unhook the RV and take a ride to the nearest town. I don't need the scooter, really, but it's got 150 miles on it. I've got bicycles and even a full fledged 850cc motorcycle I can carry if I need to. She's asking 45K for all. Needs a good cleaning, needs the gen set exhaust pipe re-bracketed, aside from that all seems well.
Then an RV dealer a couple hours away has a 2005 MB cruiser, with a floor plan I like much better. It's brighter inside. It's clean, no graphics (I prefer it plain jane). 15K miles. Never registered. RV dealer used it for local camping trips. Bed in the middle, bath in the back. Also asking 45K. Had it a while, probably get it for less.
Same dealer has a 2009 leftover Fleetwood Icon 24A. Got him down to 74,900 after I showed him some out of state dealers selling new for 69,900. Might be more room for negotiation. I like the floor plan, and the size. I wasn't considering a class C, but this one is really nice... Then there's the fact that Fleetwood went chapter 11 and then regrouped. And the slide out on the side already has a panel underneath that has become partially unglued. Is that indicative of the quality??
Which makes me want to go look at a Winnebago... but that's 80K Thought the View 24P with rear bunks would also be good for toting our bicycles in there.
So then we go to the NYC auto show, and a truck dealer brought a couple of Sprinters. At that point, my wife and I both think that buying a new one for 40K+ and outfitting it ourselves could work. But... I'm not big on the whole blue-tec thing and the DEF that needs to be added. I know I could do the conversion to RV the way we want it... but not sure about the time it'd take to do it, and the value of it after all is said and done. So now I'm thinking the low mileage used 5 cyl class Bs are way to go...
Any advice appreciated... I'm so confoooosed.
Eric
This Sprinter sickness all started with me seeing a show about RVs on the travel channel. Next thing you know I'm stopping an old lady on the street who has a Vista Cruiser... scouring the internets... visiting dealers... Here's where I'm at.
The lady I stopped on the street just so happens to want to sell her 2004 Vista Cruiser. <15K miles. Comes with a rear hitch platform and a Honda Elite Scooter for when you don't want to unhook the RV and take a ride to the nearest town. I don't need the scooter, really, but it's got 150 miles on it. I've got bicycles and even a full fledged 850cc motorcycle I can carry if I need to. She's asking 45K for all. Needs a good cleaning, needs the gen set exhaust pipe re-bracketed, aside from that all seems well.
Then an RV dealer a couple hours away has a 2005 MB cruiser, with a floor plan I like much better. It's brighter inside. It's clean, no graphics (I prefer it plain jane). 15K miles. Never registered. RV dealer used it for local camping trips. Bed in the middle, bath in the back. Also asking 45K. Had it a while, probably get it for less.
Same dealer has a 2009 leftover Fleetwood Icon 24A. Got him down to 74,900 after I showed him some out of state dealers selling new for 69,900. Might be more room for negotiation. I like the floor plan, and the size. I wasn't considering a class C, but this one is really nice... Then there's the fact that Fleetwood went chapter 11 and then regrouped. And the slide out on the side already has a panel underneath that has become partially unglued. Is that indicative of the quality??
Which makes me want to go look at a Winnebago... but that's 80K Thought the View 24P with rear bunks would also be good for toting our bicycles in there.
So then we go to the NYC auto show, and a truck dealer brought a couple of Sprinters. At that point, my wife and I both think that buying a new one for 40K+ and outfitting it ourselves could work. But... I'm not big on the whole blue-tec thing and the DEF that needs to be added. I know I could do the conversion to RV the way we want it... but not sure about the time it'd take to do it, and the value of it after all is said and done. So now I'm thinking the low mileage used 5 cyl class Bs are way to go...
Any advice appreciated... I'm so confoooosed.
Eric
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