Mostly all wheel drive and the ability to use normal parking lots. My mom bought herself one as a retirement present and has been living out of it for the last three months while working at a national park. Hers is also 4 seasons rated with no modifications, so we’ve taken it to the mountain before for snowboarding.
300k seems silly for this because my moms is made by Winnebago and she got it at the end of the year for 150, that’s about 70 off of msrp.
I have a ford transit that was converted into a campervan. The real win, is that they are much nicer to drive, you can navigate most US forest service roads, and a much better MPG. It serves as a daily driver for our family of 4 in a pinch as well.
Mine is not nearly this nice, but all in was about $45k. $30k for the van brand new, and $15k build out. That was back in 2018, so would probably be more like $60k today.
I mean, it's basically the same reasons you go shopping for a minivan, and not a semi truck.
Mileage is like 5x better (20-30MPG instead of like 5), you can drive it through tight spots and around the city without any issue, you can use it as your daily driver instead of needing a second car, and you wouldn't need an extra-large garage or a rental storage unit to store it when you're not actively using it. Oh, and it's probably way cheaper.
If you're retired and using it to travel the world all the time? RV is probably the way to go. Spend a couple days on the road, and stay in a given area for a couple weeks or months at a time before moving along again.
But if you're still working and/or need to get around the city on a daily basis, whether you're actually living out of your vehicle or just want something you can take on road trips every weekend, the van is probably way better then the RV.
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u/InternationalRead925 17h ago
I'm guessing that cost a bit of cash.