Wow the time is just zooming by, we've been cleaning, sorting, selling, storing and doing essentual small maintanance jobs all around the house to ensure we have it at it's best by July to sell. We've decided too to sell it ourselves via the web, afterall who knows my house more than I do? not to mention more hard earned $$'s in our pocket in the end, we are going to need every cent. Although having said that this new adventure is definately not governed by money, this is about quality of life and lifestyle, an opportunity not to be missed.
A lot of time we've spent researching what Alpines and Longreaches (Winnebago's) are available and much to our relief & benefit there are always 3 - 6 RV'S in our price range advertised just on 2 web sites, that's not even taking dealers into account! Which makes it easier for us to pick and choose the features and price that suits us best. We are heading down to Melbourne this week to have a look at 2 Alpines with our own eyes and see what there really is to offer. One at the high range of our price and the other more of what we want from our Motorhome.
Features like Solar Panels, Generators, Annex, Washing Machine, Uhf Radio, Reverse Camera, Bull and tow bars Satelite Dish, extra water tanks, Motor Size, BBQ, extra freezer, Cabinets over the cab or a bed, new batteries, new tyres, weather rego is offered, or full service as well as the standard features that come with all Alpines, so there's a lot to concider. Not to mention what we want and what we do not want!!! One example is the area above the driving cab, some come with built in cabinets with TV and storage cupboards and others with a double bed, the later is what we'd prefer as the more storage we can get the better, to accommodate storage boxes with all my "doll" crafty things, material etc. etc. so a $5000 cabinetry is a waste for us.
How interesting getting such different opinions from the various owners as to why their RV is better with or without this or that. 2 examples being Solar Panels or Generator, some say you don't need them, only to tell you that they mainly stayed in Van Parks, whereas we plan on Freecamping the majority of the time. I've come to understand the different needs for different folk, there is no such thing as one "size" fits all.......even though some will try to convince you of their specific preferences!!! I find I always remind myself of what we want and stick steadfastly to that, thank goodness we have many to choose from. Because we'll be perminently living in this vehicle, so we need to get it as right as we possibly can...not to mention the $$'s it will cost.
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