What's the best bang for my 20k?
I am overwhelmed and need some expert advice on the best RV I can get for 20K cash or less. There are too many options in the used market to wrap my little brain around. We (us two) are hitting the ...
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Last year we bought the Green Machine as our starter bus. All in after a few repairs and a new mattress was about $15k. It's a 1995 28' Monterey Cobra gasser (Chevy 454/P30 chassis) with almost new tires that we found locally on Craig's List. No slides, no jacks, no frills. Just what I expected for the money. We wanted to get in cheap to make sure we wanted to do this. I can do most of the routine maintenance myself and there's an excellent RV shop a couple of miles from my house where I can store the rig when not on the road.
We've done mostly 3-4 day trips over the year, with one 2 week adventure to Hatteras. During that time, we started compiling a must-haves for MH #2 and are currently watching rvt.com, rvtrader.com and craigslist for a late 90s Safari DP. We had sliders on the must-have list but we found that with some intelligent interior design, such as with the Safaris, they're not really required. After a year of having the engine between our seats and needing to shout at each other when the clutch fan kicked in, we added DP to our must-haves.
Of course, I suggest you pull the trigger and accept that the first bus you buy won't be the only bus you buy. I see your first post was almost a year ago. Personally, I couldn't think about something I wanted to do for that long :)
We've done mostly 3-4 day trips over the year, with one 2 week adventure to Hatteras. During that time, we started compiling a must-haves for MH #2 and are currently watching rvt.com, rvtrader.com and craigslist for a late 90s Safari DP. We had sliders on the must-have list but we found that with some intelligent interior design, such as with the Safaris, they're not really required. After a year of having the engine between our seats and needing to shout at each other when the clutch fan kicked in, we added DP to our must-haves.
Of course, I suggest you pull the trigger and accept that the first bus you buy won't be the only bus you buy. I see your first post was almost a year ago. Personally, I couldn't think about something I wanted to do for that long :)
