We are all driving older vehicles. You can do the same thing with a full sized RV if you are so inclined. My '73 28' class A cost me $800, and everything worked except the refer. The 5000 watt Onan generator was probably worth what I paid for the whole unit. Just like with our Vanagons, if you are willing to buy an older one and do some work yourself, you can save a bundle. In our case, it needed some general cleaning and maintainance. We have "camped" next to some shiny new $400,000 rigs, and we had just as much fun as they did. We still prefer camping in the Westy, though, as it will go where we like to camp, which isn't in an RV park. We use the RV mostly as a guest room. Bill in the Southwest ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US> > > Maybe so...but consider what it'd cost to buy and maintain a full-sized > RV. Just something to think about. |
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