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71choptop
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Dec 09, 2014

Input on xplorer please.

Am new to rv's, looking at Class B. Finally made a 2 1/2 hour trip to look at a '88 xplorer 230xl. As clean as I could imagine a '88 to be, inside and out. High top of course, that salmon/reddish interior, 42,000 miles. Weird situation, older couple has owned for 10 years, oil change card says, 8/10/09 or 42,000 miles, it has 41,500 on it, has not been used in a while, owner had gentleman store it and make sure batteries were charged, tires pumped up and such. He is now in hospis, wife doesn't drive and a friend of family is selling their vehicles. He doesn't know much about it other than it is in good condition. Comes w/ manual. Interior is near perfect as is the exterior. My first time in a Class b camping van and I must say they look bigger inside in the pictures. lol Asking 7,000, been on Craigs list for a while, last thing the guy told me, has a small used car dealer, was I don't want to store it all winter, I put the price on it, not owner, their is plenty of room to move, make me an offer, you can't offend me. I think I want it, can someone direct me to were I can find specs on this particular model and give me any info on it.

Thanks in advance.

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    Yes I checked out underneath, looked good and was running for about a half hour and no drips or leaks. Hope the pic comes out. lol
  • have you laid down and looked for rust and drips ? Is there a generator ?
  • Am sure it needs tires and a few other things, not worried about spending some money on other things when the exterior/ interior are good.
  • I couldn't find that particular model in the NADA Guide at http://www.nadaguides.com/RVs/1988/Used/Xplorer but I suspect $7,000 is steep especially given that it has not been used recently. Does it have a current inspection on it? Are the tires 7 years old or older? I just "bought" a 1999 American Cruiser on a Dodge chassis and knew it needed work - it can cost a couple of thousands of dollars to get a chassis back up to snuff.