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Originally Posted by saddlesore
A Hearty Welcome to our Campfire!!!
Pull up a Stump and Sit a Spell..
A few random thoughts on purchasing Your 1st "Fulltimer RV".
1st.. View the "tag" lines at the bottom of the responding posters..
To give you an Idea of where they are coming from and the equipment they have.
"Full Timer" Living in an RV IS NOT CAMPING...You Are LIVING wherever You are At....Slow down and enjoy the little things, where ever You are at!.
Keep in mind..
You Do Not Know......What You Do Not Know..
GET ANY Used RV Inspected by a Knowledgeable Inspector .. BEFORE You Put Down ANY Non-Refundable FUNDS!!!!
ALSO!!! KNOW YOUR BUDGET!!!... Then ADD 15+% to it 'Cause Poo Happens!
Buying a Motorhome/RV to save money on travel is like buying a boat to save money on fish. [thnx Stu for pointing this out to Me..]
Your 1st coach is simply a learning tool..
When You tour/view "In Person" any perspective coach..
View it First with all slides retracted, then shuck your shoes and do a dry run in the shower, sit on the throne (AND Close the door!), lay on the bed,study the galley(enough counter room/pantry space/pots & pans storage?) Do You have access to all these with slide retracted???
If the coach is fully usable without the slides extended, then give it a second look.
(Think wally-docking,rest areas, truckstops, "Driveway Mooching" @ the kids home,...any where that you cannot/do not have room for the slides to be extended)
BUY USED! & buy one with everything you "think" you want and will need..
IF the perspective coach seems a bit small but still "DO-Able" .......REMEMBER!!!
What seemed small... becomes unbearably TINY after being Coop'd up" for a week or more due to weather...
(AKA.....Cabin Fever)
A coach that is "Too Big" lasts for a week or two..One "Too Small" lasts forever.
And.... You WILL make mistakes and have booboo's We all have.....
Within a year or less, you will discover..about the RV
What you love about the RV...
What you can kinda-sorta tolerate with the RV..
And what you absolutely hate about that !@#$%^%$#@! RV.
Then you can go get what you should have gotten in the first place..
Happy Hunting
Remember!!!!
Every day you "put off" retiring...is just one LESS day you have remaining to enjoy being RETIRED !!!
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Thank you, that's a lot of great info.
I hadn't thought about what it would be like if we weren't able to extend the slides for some reason.
Budgeting has never been our strength, but we are working on it!
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