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Sassinak · 04-30-2023, 09:18 AM

Hi all

I'm a Canadian woman in my early 50s who is very tired of living in downtown Toronto and I fantasized about moving to an RV for a long time but I just realized I work online now so I can do it...

I am shopping for something around 28-35 ft that is a Class C or A... although the safety stuff on the class A has me more interested in a C except I fell in love with a 2001 Dutch star that looks impeccable...so there's that

Currently trying to figure out how to get an RV appraised in Canada because I'm not a mechanic so someone has to check that stuff for me

I feel like the best years for someone shopping 100K or less are 2000-2008 because I've read a lot of things that suggest that quality went down significantly after the crash in 2008 but I'm assuming the specifically 2008s were built okay... anyway any suggestions welcome

**Camp CA** · 04-30-2023, 09:36 AM

Might post in the Canadian Region https://www.irv2.com/forums/f68/ for rv appraisal recommendations when you are ready to buy.

Skip426 · 04-30-2023, 09:39 AM

Just a word of warning , about being a full time RVer in Canada .
Depending on the USA border guard you encounter ( if your plans include travel to the US) you maybe denied entry , because of your " no fixed address " status.

Join the Canadian Snowbird Association , and read up on the issue and the requirement of the US , IRS and filing an 8840 annually.

www.snowbirds.org

www.irs.gov/form8840

Sassinak · 04-30-2023, 09:51 AM

Thank you... there's one I'm very interested in right now so I went ahead and posted already

Thanks for that tip

Sassinak · 04-30-2023, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skip426

Just a word of warning , about being a full time RVer in Canada .
Depending on the USA border guard you encounter ( if your plans include travel to the US) you maybe denied entry , because of your " no fixed address " status.

Join the Canadian Snowbird Association , and read up on the issue and the requirement of the US , IRS and filing an 8840 annually.

www.snowbirds.org

www.irs.gov/form8840

Ooohhhh I was hoping to convince my parents to let me use one of their addresses for my driver's license.. but I didn't realize this could be an issue for crossing the border so wow good to know

Thanks so much