Expert advice for Insane person?
I have been searching for advice on buying a used RV and most of the best links led to here! Hopefully an experienced RVer can help us with their experience. There is a 1974 Pace Arrow motorhome....
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Are you a true enthusiast that can tolerate almost any hassle or expense to enjoy your passion? If so then go with your gut. If you are not a true enthusiast, run, run like the wind.
A few short years ago I shopped for and bought the cheapest old Class C I could find. I had a $5k total budget and bought a water damaged unit for $1869. I fixed it and used it for 3 years and sold it. It was an incredible challenge. I looked at disaster after disaster. Horrible, dangerous, scary rust. Not worth $50 in scrap. My unit was almost rust free. That leaking line my be an indicator, if an oil filled line rusts through the unit is likely too rusty to save. It may be too rusty to safely drive.
Climb underneath. Use a ball point pen to poke things. If you can poke holes in metal, climb out and be polite until you can leave. I live near Ann Arbor, so hello from a neighbor.
How soon will you leave for FL? A local dealer helped me find my damaged unit. I know it sounds nuts to try the high priced dealers, but people try to trade in stuff with damage. I left my info and a description of what I wanted, and they called me back a few months later. It may have been a lucky break, but the unit was exactly what I asked for.
A few short years ago I shopped for and bought the cheapest old Class C I could find. I had a $5k total budget and bought a water damaged unit for $1869. I fixed it and used it for 3 years and sold it. It was an incredible challenge. I looked at disaster after disaster. Horrible, dangerous, scary rust. Not worth $50 in scrap. My unit was almost rust free. That leaking line my be an indicator, if an oil filled line rusts through the unit is likely too rusty to save. It may be too rusty to safely drive.
Climb underneath. Use a ball point pen to poke things. If you can poke holes in metal, climb out and be polite until you can leave. I live near Ann Arbor, so hello from a neighbor.
How soon will you leave for FL? A local dealer helped me find my damaged unit. I know it sounds nuts to try the high priced dealers, but people try to trade in stuff with damage. I left my info and a description of what I wanted, and they called me back a few months later. It may have been a lucky break, but the unit was exactly what I asked for.
