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Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:18 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:16 pm

This thing is cool for 25/30k what an epic upcharge :amazing:
My dad bought a BRAND NEW diesel pusher that replicates a house for less. :mindblown: rape going on here.
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max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:19 pm

I am going to enjoy the end of price gouging/availability issues on certain items as the pandemic starts to ease.
There is nothing that grand about purchasing that 180k monstrosity that is abysmal to drive and gets 7-9mpg on a good day.

Then you’re stuck with a teacup sized toilet that has a total of 5 flushes before you have to go to a meth infested KOA and hook up. And proceed to spend the night listening to your neighbors fuck after they polish off a bottle of crown royal for their 30th wedding anniversary.

I’d rather take that 180k and spend it on 180 nights at luxury cabins. And guess what you’ll probably be bored of the woods after 15/20.

/rantoff
Agreed 100%

But to add to the rant...

If you REALLY wanted an RV, my dad spent $140k on a legit house on wheels. Full size bathroom, forced air, full kitchen with real size appliances, real king bed, it even has a fucking fireplace. All built on a freightliner bus chassis, cummins diesel, and an allison transmission. He claims it gets 7-8 mpg (no worse than this sprinter) and It'll run forever, and can be self sustaining to go off the grid. it's so much like a house that My old man is seriously thinking about selling his house and living in the bus full time.

FOR LESS THAN THAT SPRINTER.

:butwhy: :wat: :fullretard:
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Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:35 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 pm

There is nothing that grand about purchasing that 180k monstrosity that is abysmal to drive and gets 7-9mpg on a good day.

Then you’re stuck with a teacup sized toilet that has a total of 5 flushes before you have to go to a meth infested KOA and hook up. And proceed to spend the night listening to your neighbors fuck after they polish off a bottle of crown royal for their 30th wedding anniversary.

I’d rather take that 180k and spend it on 180 nights at luxury cabins. And guess what you’ll probably be bored of the woods after 15/20.

/rantoff
Agreed 100%

But to add to the rant...

If you REALLY wanted an RV, my dad spent $140k on a legit house on wheels. Full size bathroom, forced air, full kitchen with real size appliances, real king bed, it even has a fucking fireplace. All built on a freightliner bus chassis, cummins diesel, and an allison transmission. He claims it gets 7-8 mpg (no worse than this sprinter) and It'll run forever, and can be self sustaining to go off the grid. it's so much like a house that My old man is seriously thinking about selling his house and living in the bus full time.

FOR LESS THAN THAT SPRINTER.

:butwhy: :wat: :fullretard:
That's a pretty good deal. How many miles/how used?
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max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:26 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:19 pm

I am going to enjoy the end of price gouging/availability issues on certain items as the pandemic starts to ease.
There is nothing that grand about purchasing that 180k monstrosity that is abysmal to drive and gets 7-9mpg on a good day.

Then you’re stuck with a teacup sized toilet that has a total of 5 flushes before you have to go to a meth infested KOA and hook up. And proceed to spend the night listening to your neighbors fuck after they polish off a bottle of crown royal for their 30th wedding anniversary.

I’d rather take that 180k and spend it on 180 nights at luxury cabins. And guess what you’ll probably be bored of the woods after 15/20.

/rantoff
Thanks for keeping it real.
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max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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I’m trying to understand who has 180k to blow on a sprinter ... I mean that’s near GT3 money and a GT3 will not cost you 50k a year in depreciation at a minimum.

Hell a cabin in the woods probably costs less than 180k and makes more sense to own

This may be the most expensive automotive toy one can own.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:37 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:35 pm
Agreed 100%

But to add to the rant...

If you REALLY wanted an RV, my dad spent $140k on a legit house on wheels. Full size bathroom, forced air, full kitchen with real size appliances, real king bed, it even has a fucking fireplace. All built on a freightliner bus chassis, cummins diesel, and an allison transmission. He claims it gets 7-8 mpg (no worse than this sprinter) and It'll run forever, and can be self sustaining to go off the grid. it's so much like a house that My old man is seriously thinking about selling his house and living in the bus full time.

FOR LESS THAN THAT SPRINTER.

:butwhy: :wat: :fullretard:
That's a pretty good deal. How many miles/how used?
Yea full sizers started at 250 I thought and went to the moon from there.
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Desertbreh wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:37 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:35 pm
Agreed 100%

But to add to the rant...

If you REALLY wanted an RV, my dad spent $140k on a legit house on wheels. Full size bathroom, forced air, full kitchen with real size appliances, real king bed, it even has a fucking fireplace. All built on a freightliner bus chassis, cummins diesel, and an allison transmission. He claims it gets 7-8 mpg (no worse than this sprinter) and It'll run forever, and can be self sustaining to go off the grid. it's so much like a house that My old man is seriously thinking about selling his house and living in the bus full time.

FOR LESS THAN THAT SPRINTER.

:butwhy: :wat: :fullretard:
That's a pretty good deal. How many miles/how used?
10 miles... he bought it brand new.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:42 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:37 pm

That's a pretty good deal. How many miles/how used?
Yea full sizers started at 250 I thought and went to the moon from there.
RV :dillerman: dill way harder than car :dillerman:

My dad got $90k off, it was a leftover prior year model.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:41 pm I’m trying to understand who has 180k to blow on a sprinter ... I mean that’s near GT3 money and a GT3 will not cost you 50k a year in depreciation at a minimum.

Hell a cabin in the woods probably costs less than 180k and makes more sense to own

This may be the most expensive automotive toy one can own.
Makes zero sense. I know of a few places with acreage and water with a small cabin that cost less.
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Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:40 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:42 pm
Yea full sizers started at 250 I thought and went to the moon from there.
RV :dillerman: dill way harder than car :dillerman:

My dad got $90k off, it was a leftover prior year model.
Holy shit. Pics? You may have posted already I apologize if so.
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The Freightliner makes the most sense to me. Real truck, not some brick fabricated by who knows. Proven diesel power An actual drag coefficient better than a brick wall.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:40 pm
max225 wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:42 pm
Yea full sizers started at 250 I thought and went to the moon from there.
RV :dillerman: dill way harder than car :dillerman:

My dad got $90k off, it was a leftover prior year model.
Oh so I was close 😅
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I think that van is cool but new it should be $50k :lolol:

If we’re talking parents, mine pulled the scrooge edition with a pull behind 29’ campers for $3k. It’s like a 2003 but one owner and surprisingly nice.

Still... I think a hotel is just as cheap at the end of day. I’d only do the RV thing like Chris’s dad, full time or at least 50% in retirement.
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D Griff wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:59 pm I think that van is cool but new it should be $50k :lolol:

If we’re talking parents, mine pulled the scrooge edition with a pull behind 29’ campers for $3k. It’s like a 2003 but one owner and surprisingly nice.

Still... I think a hotel is just as cheap at the end of day. I’d only do the RV thing like Chris’s dad, full time or at least 50% in retirement.
Brand new Sprinter 4x4 goes for $60k with no artisANAL wood cabinets to be seen anywhere, math ain't workin' man.
Oh I know. Obviously someone is paying $180k. Personally, I am not down. This is why I slept in a $50 tent last night :lolol:
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I asked where his favorite overlanding place is. "Gee never thought about it I guess I don't really have one"

Has he ever been? :lolol: He had propane tanks on the rear and everything.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:08 pm Image

I asked where his favorite overlanding place is. "Gee never thought about it I guess I don't really have one"

Has he ever been? :lolol: He had propane tanks on the rear and everything.
This is it. You just flex. at cars and coffee and at the office :disgust:
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max225 wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:12 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:08 pm Image

I asked where his favorite overlanding place is. "Gee never thought about it I guess I don't really have one"

Has he ever been? :lolol: He had propane tanks on the rear and everything.
This is it. You just flex. at cars and coffee and at the office :disgust:
Yeah there was a guy with a huge lifted F350 with a RTT, who's ladder doesn't actually reach the ground so he can't use it to get in. :disgust:
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max225 wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:12 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:08 pm Image

I asked where his favorite overlanding place is. "Gee never thought about it I guess I don't really have one"

Has he ever been? :lolol: He had propane tanks on the rear and everything.
This is it. You just flex. at cars and coffee and at the office :disgust:
:dat:

:disgust: indeed.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:15 pm

Yeah there was a guy with a huge lifted F350 with a RTT, who's ladder doesn't actually reach the ground so he can't use it to get in. :disgust:
Is that him in the background standing on his hood?

:facepalm:

Man, I'd just love to have a quality low key C&C event where actual cool stuff shows up and not the gaggle of clapped out drift missiles and crowd-hunting Challenstangs.
Oh shit yes it is!
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:56 pm
[user not found] wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:29 pm

Is that him in the background standing on his hood?

:facepalm:

Man, I'd just love to have a quality low key C&C event where actual cool stuff shows up and not the gaggle of clapped out drift missiles and crowd-hunting Challenstangs.
Oh shit yes it is!
This was a VERY chilled event. 5/7
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Detroit wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:05 pm
max225 wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:12 pm

This is it. You just flex. at cars and coffee and at the office :disgust:
:dat:

:disgust: indeed.
You AT LEAST need to have a fake response for that question.
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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