to buy or to rent for a road trip.
Hi Everybody. just a quick bit of background about us, I am married and have a beautiful wife and a son aged 4, my wife and i are both extreme sports people and love the outdoors. august next y...
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Hi,
Advance planning is good! You will be able to find out a lot about the various National Parks, and other great places to visit while in the USA. Yes you can buy a class C motorhome in the $25,000 range, probably get one for a lot less if you look at 4-7 year old RV's with 25,000 miles or so on them.
I understand that putting 9,000 miles on a rental normally takes them from being a fresh rental to nearly to old to rent anymore, thus the mileage fee per mile and monthly rental cost will add way up, to the $14,000 quoted price.
But there are many private sellers that can supply the RV. Problem is you really need to look at a couple on the internet, then arrive before making a decision, and that can be a gem, but you might find out it is not when you inspect it. Lucky for you, Los Angles has many RV dealers and probably has over 5,000 to pick from at any given moment. So that can be your back up plan.
What city do you plan to fly to? Is it also in your plan to buy the RV this year, then store it for 1 year and pick it up in the summer of 2016 then drive it some more? Then sell it after that time? There are a lot of places that can store the RV too. I would suggest Arizona as a place to look at storing the RV, as it is lower cost, and much lower crime rates.
Phoenix AZ is also a great place to look for a RV, but in August, it can be around 115F! Not the ideal place to start looking for a RV in the summer. Phoenix also has many RV dealerships, with at least 2,000 combined units for sale all year long.
RvSearch.com is a RV search page that advertizes on this web site, and lists well over 10,000 RV's for sale.
I would recommend a gas RV. Normally a modern fuel injected gas class C will get around 8-9 MPG when driven at about 65 MPH, and your plan is 9,000 miles, or about 900 - 1,000 gallons of fuel. Our price is about $3.50 at this time, but normally about $4 per gallon in the summer, so that cost will not be to difficult. Insurance is lower on a lower cost gas RV, compared to a diesel RV. You plan on storing it 1 year, so you can pretty much shut off a gas RV and not worry about running it for a year, while a diesel can need fuel treatment. Just get the oil changed before storing it, and you will be good with a gas engine.
This site has a huge wealth of information about anything from National Park campgrounds to what RV is a good or average brand quality. Just ask any question, it should be answered quickly and with some great knowledge out there!
Good luck,
Fred.
Advance planning is good! You will be able to find out a lot about the various National Parks, and other great places to visit while in the USA. Yes you can buy a class C motorhome in the $25,000 range, probably get one for a lot less if you look at 4-7 year old RV's with 25,000 miles or so on them.
I understand that putting 9,000 miles on a rental normally takes them from being a fresh rental to nearly to old to rent anymore, thus the mileage fee per mile and monthly rental cost will add way up, to the $14,000 quoted price.
But there are many private sellers that can supply the RV. Problem is you really need to look at a couple on the internet, then arrive before making a decision, and that can be a gem, but you might find out it is not when you inspect it. Lucky for you, Los Angles has many RV dealers and probably has over 5,000 to pick from at any given moment. So that can be your back up plan.
What city do you plan to fly to? Is it also in your plan to buy the RV this year, then store it for 1 year and pick it up in the summer of 2016 then drive it some more? Then sell it after that time? There are a lot of places that can store the RV too. I would suggest Arizona as a place to look at storing the RV, as it is lower cost, and much lower crime rates.
Phoenix AZ is also a great place to look for a RV, but in August, it can be around 115F! Not the ideal place to start looking for a RV in the summer. Phoenix also has many RV dealerships, with at least 2,000 combined units for sale all year long.
RvSearch.com is a RV search page that advertizes on this web site, and lists well over 10,000 RV's for sale.
I would recommend a gas RV. Normally a modern fuel injected gas class C will get around 8-9 MPG when driven at about 65 MPH, and your plan is 9,000 miles, or about 900 - 1,000 gallons of fuel. Our price is about $3.50 at this time, but normally about $4 per gallon in the summer, so that cost will not be to difficult. Insurance is lower on a lower cost gas RV, compared to a diesel RV. You plan on storing it 1 year, so you can pretty much shut off a gas RV and not worry about running it for a year, while a diesel can need fuel treatment. Just get the oil changed before storing it, and you will be good with a gas engine.
This site has a huge wealth of information about anything from National Park campgrounds to what RV is a good or average brand quality. Just ask any question, it should be answered quickly and with some great knowledge out there!
Good luck,
Fred.
