1998 affinity
This just might be the one. It's only got 8000 miles. Looks brand new on the outside. Everything so far checks out. The inside could use some updating and there's old TVs/sound system to deal with. ...
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The motorhome is at a man's house who buys and sells motorhomes, rvs and other vehicles as a hobby. He drove from LA where he picked it up from another wholesaler friend and said it ran like a dream. The original owner let it go back to the bank but we have his name and contact info. The salesman called country coach to get history and it's been back to the factory for a recall.
We spent nearly the entire day with him working on all the "stuff." We did get all three ACs running on the gennie and they were cold. We drove it for about an hour, including stopping for fuel and propane. I walked around the back looking for annoying noises and only one pocket door rattled. The wooden doors hiding the washer/dryer had some rust on the back of the latches, but I'm thinking someone must have run it with those doors closed. I'm sure it puts out some moisture but we've never had one before. It looks like it is vented to the outdoors.
Regarding the plumbing... haven't looked at the style of plumbing yet to see what kind of pipe. It's got electric low point drains (3) for the fresh water system and one of the drain valves isn't closing for some reason. We put water in it, turned on the water pump, and it proceeded to dump water on the ground through a valve - even though the "voice" said the valves were closed.
So, an RV repair guy is looking at that issue now. Plus, we haven't figured out how to get to the generator. Some mysterious electrical switch we haven't found. The owners material is lacking drawings to indicate exactly where to find some items.
It has a tow bar for a car and a Direct TV dish receiver installed that looks fairly new along with a Kingdome. Since we've never had anything but the batwing, this is also a mystery.
So far, we haven't found anything truly wrong except the gaskets in the windows are warped due to being in a hot barn. But there's no film or moisture and the windows were checked out by a glass firm who said it was just cosmetic. You notice it from the inside - not the outside as the windows have some sort of tint.
The awnings are perfect. original with fabric I think. Kind of a old-style spring loaded style arrangement. But they all have metal covers.
We will probably make an offer obviously below the asking price.
Sorry for all the long post. We are doing our best to make a good decision here.
We spent nearly the entire day with him working on all the "stuff." We did get all three ACs running on the gennie and they were cold. We drove it for about an hour, including stopping for fuel and propane. I walked around the back looking for annoying noises and only one pocket door rattled. The wooden doors hiding the washer/dryer had some rust on the back of the latches, but I'm thinking someone must have run it with those doors closed. I'm sure it puts out some moisture but we've never had one before. It looks like it is vented to the outdoors.
Regarding the plumbing... haven't looked at the style of plumbing yet to see what kind of pipe. It's got electric low point drains (3) for the fresh water system and one of the drain valves isn't closing for some reason. We put water in it, turned on the water pump, and it proceeded to dump water on the ground through a valve - even though the "voice" said the valves were closed.
So, an RV repair guy is looking at that issue now. Plus, we haven't figured out how to get to the generator. Some mysterious electrical switch we haven't found. The owners material is lacking drawings to indicate exactly where to find some items.
It has a tow bar for a car and a Direct TV dish receiver installed that looks fairly new along with a Kingdome. Since we've never had anything but the batwing, this is also a mystery.
So far, we haven't found anything truly wrong except the gaskets in the windows are warped due to being in a hot barn. But there's no film or moisture and the windows were checked out by a glass firm who said it was just cosmetic. You notice it from the inside - not the outside as the windows have some sort of tint.
The awnings are perfect. original with fabric I think. Kind of a old-style spring loaded style arrangement. But they all have metal covers.
We will probably make an offer obviously below the asking price.
Sorry for all the long post. We are doing our best to make a good decision here.
