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Want to buy something? / WTB 01-03 Weekender

« on: May 11, 2017, 09:05:59 am »

I'm ready to pull the trigger.  I hope to find a good condition late Weekender with medium to lower mileage.   Tricky on that since I don't want to pay a premium for low mileage and then $spend big for all the work it has coming up.  Yet it seems wise to stay well below 200K too so it will keep a good value for some time and be worth investing in for improvements.

So, anybody got something in your sights (or garage) that you think I should check out?  I'm ready to go, will drive the van back to New Mexico or Texas (have home-bases in both states)  with it for any work needed.  Or take it to Cole.....so closer to NM/TX is good, but quality/value is top priority.


Appreciate it!

Steve

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General Discussion / Just registered

« on: May 10, 2017, 03:51:39 pm »

Hey there.  After a couple years of looking at vans - Transits, Promasters and Sprinters, I've decided to stay small and just go with the latest available version of the original van inspiration and get an EV to set up for our camping travels.  Pretty much settled on a 2001-2003 Weekender.

Exploring EVWs I've seen xtremejeep/CaveVan's projects as I've lurked and now I see this forum.  Excellent!   Seems that as useful as Samba (and Vortex) are for general stuff this is the place to connect for EVs   - thanks, Cole for doing this !

I'm going to be zeroing in on a van in the next few weeks to buy and hope to be able to check my options with you guys here.   I also hope to be able to make use of CaveVan for any upgrading that I can farm out...kinda hoping for a ruined pop-tent so I can get one of the big three windows !

I wonder if it's better to ask for advice here or on the WTB discussions?

Cheers,
Steve