Should we even be looking at Old Birds?

[Ryan Wright]

Run away from this. Buy something that does not need any work. Even if
you have to increase your budget to do it. Believe me, the more
expensive coach that needs nothing is cheaper than the cheap one that
needs a lot. A $10k coach is not a bargain if you have to spend 1,000
hours of your life and $30k on top of what you paid to make it nice
again, when you could have bought a perfect coach for $30k to begin
with. Most people will quickly lose interest and come to hate their
coach if they buy a junker.

Based on your background, you and I are extremely alike. Close in age
and we do the same thing for a living. I highly doubt you will be
happy with anything less than a good, ready to roll coach that needs
nothing. I know your wife will appreciate it. Wives don't generally
like being repeatedly stranded on the side of the road with two little
ones while you try to fix x, y or z yet again, or having vacation
plans canceled because something else is broken, and watching their
monthly budget being constantly affected by parts for the coach. A
coach that needs a lot of work will have had little maintenance and
really is a recipe for disaster.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:25 PM, campingleroy wrote:
>
> I work in IT with computers for a living, and have done nearly every
> type of work around the house and my RV, with only limited mechanical
> work.
>