Great info for the most part. We havent ventured out of Florida except for a few times yet. We have a 40' 2 slideout Beaver DP. We mostly stay at State Parks and have had zero issues at 40' in length. I know that National Parks are going to be more stay down the road and visit during the days, which is fine with us.
We shopped the State of Florida for over a year looking for the right coach at the right price. It was easy when I let the wife look when we first drove up to many and she had already said in her silent voice, no way.
Then if the outside was ok, it then meant for her to enter first and give me that look, you guys know the one.
The why are we even in here right now. After doing this for a year and many tanks of gas, and traveling around Florida more than once, she finally said, as we pulled in the field, this is the one. She looked over the outside and loved the condition. Then she asked to see inside. I thought oh boy, here we go again! Much to my surprise, she said I want it.
I whispered to her out of the owners hearing me, dont act so happy, lets get the price down first! Well, they wanted a lot more than we were even thinking of spending for a 2001 or any year coach for that matter. We were about 28000 apart in the price. We decided to sit in the car and discuss it for a bit.....then I said lets try every thing out, check the roof out and the tires. It needed tires....think they were originals, oh my.....2001 to 2012 oh no! Well, I had the owner drive me as I wasnt going to be driving on those tires and get a blowout before I own it. It was a good test ride, then I decided to make an offer, boy were they defensive, well at first. I explained that 1).all six tires were way beyond replacement years - $4000, the refrigerator would not work, #2000-$3000, so on. I offered $67 and after a few minutes a handshake was made. No down payment, a handshake and a date to finalize the sale. They are out there, but dont hurry and dont give in too early! Its still a huge investment even if its not a $250-$500 thousand dollar coach!
