Buying a Roadtrek CS - any advice?

Our HOA by laws luckily specify that vans are permitted. And it probably helps deflect attention that we have a deep front yard and park back by the garage.

But it's certainly true that HOA interpretations can change with the slate of officers. This whole topic is visited about once a year on this forum in great detail.

"every HOA is different."

I agree, until someone complains and it is in writing. Then all bets are off.

Bud

BudJ wrote:

smoline wrote:
Our HOA has the same prohibition against motorhomes. I told them my vehicle is a Mercedes Benz van. There are no prohibitions against vans. They chose not to argue. You may have a different experience.

Often the HOV bylaws will Define what an RV is. If so, a B will be an RV.

So even if a HOV 'official' says OK verbally, you're unlikely to succeed if someone complains.

Bud

No question that by definition it is an RV. Been in this house for 14 years and this is my third RV (oops; I meant "van"), and each time they accept my rationale that it is simply a van that has appliances in it and I used it as my alternate daily driver. What an HOA doesn't want is a big ugly Class A or Class C sitting in someone's driveway unused and collecting dirt. A small Class B that is regularly used seems to pass muster. Of course, every HOA is different.

Sportsmobile can make you a comparable van to the RT and it will not look like an RV.Good Luck

smoline wrote:
Our HOA has the same prohibition against motorhomes. I told them my vehicle is a Mercedes Benz van. There are no prohibitions against vans. They chose not to argue. You may have a different experience.

Often the HOV bylaws will Define what an RV is. If so, a B will be an RV.

So even if a HOV 'official' says OK verbally, you're unlikely to succeed if someone complains.

Bud

Our HOA has the same prohibition against motorhomes. I told them my vehicle is a Mercedes Benz van. There are no prohibitions against vans. They chose not to argue. You may have a different experience.

bobbermac wrote:
Well the hurdle now is that our homeowner's Association has said NO!
They won't allow us to park it on the street or in our driveway. I had planned to use it to commute to work daily.

Is it because the van is a motorhome? I know I had a local neighborhood watch near a relative's place start going on about how work vans are prohibited (I was renting a Freightliner branded Sprinter for a project.) I replaced the rear door logo with a Mercedes badge (two Torx screws), and the same woman was around a few days later praising my family for having such good taste in vehicles.

Well the hurdle now is that our homeowner's Association has said NO!
They won't allow us to park it on the street or in our driveway. I had planned to use it to commute to work daily.

I just bought a Roadtrek CS Adventurous at an 18% discount, as the others have suggested. I think much of the discounting depends on the dealer's location. Here on the east coast, dealers wouldn't move much below 10%, with a lot of haggling. In the midwest (Ohio, for example), they offered 18% off right from the beginning. Very easy.

Their buying a CS.
NADA guides are not very accurate as far as Class B's are concerned, usually their price is much lower than what the Vans are selling for.