I lived in a motor home for a few years. If I had to do it over again, I'd either get a sprinter van, or a Class B, or a 5th wheel. This van would be more versatile than a motor home.
There were several times I needed help from a mechanic. You can't just go to a regular mechanic anymore, because they don't have a lift that can lift the motorhome. Or they'd flat out refuse to even look at it when I called them. Even when I'd tell them "I need help with xyz, it's a 350 small block chevy engine, can you take a look and see if it needs to be lifted at all?" Nope, it's an RV, won't touch it.
There were many times I needed to drive into a city to purchase something. Parking a 24' motorhome in a busy city is very difficult to find a space, whereas if I had a cargo van or a truck separate from my 5th wheel, it would have been a piece of cake to pop into town, get supplies, and get back on the road. This caused me to avoid cities altogether for the most part. I got a nice stack of tickets for even parking the motorhome on some neighborhood streets while I visited friends, for the sake of being an RV parked on a public road (Burlington, Vermont: I'm not paying your tickets, you can keep them).
There are some roads I wanted to access that I just plain couldn't drive to. This one is more personal, but I spent a few months base jumping in Moab, UT and there are some trails that I had no problem driving a small car to, but the motorhome just wasn't going to make it. And it's not like I could turn the motorhome around on the trail / road, nope, I had to back that bitch up with very limited sight. It was a nightmare.
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u/porkavenue 17h ago
It’s probably 25-30 in upgrades, plus your time. Cheaper to buy a motor home