r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SmoothSun6676 • 17h ago

The Transformation of a Van

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u/kinkyonthe_loki69 16h ago

These people might not even be uber rich.... just well off in suburbia. It seems like dude has practical skills and could easily be a carpenter.

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u/Fermit 16h ago

Yeah apparently the couple does this professionally. I don’t know what i expect when i came into the comments but holy fuck it definitely wasn’t half the comments crying about these unbelievably rich people who can afford to modify a van.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 16h ago

A van like this would cost 150 - 180k. It is a very expensive toy.

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u/swagn 7h ago

It probably cost under 100k to build themselves. And what’s your point? 100s of thousands of RVs are sold each year in the us. They are not all people with generational wealth. Some people just like to enjoy the money they work for.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 7h ago

I linked a listing to a basically identical van that cost 154k.

Vanlife is a different beast than rv life. Since influencers don't want to be seen as conspicuously consuming.

They're toys for trustafarians, not retirees. For obvious reasons.