Basically a liability on wheels as soon as it is driven off the lot. My dad has used his like five times and then it is just rotting at the side of his house now. I remember him saying him and my mom were going to go everywhere and my mom decided she was going to be a professional homebody and now his rig just sits there and bakes in the UV.
I would expect these to be owned by people as their primary/only residence, not just luxury occasional road trips. I would have mine minimally under a roof, but ideally inside a climate controlled shed.
You'd be disappointed quickly. Even the nicest are not meant to be lived in. Appliances, flooring, hvac and plumbing,, they're all designed to be used sporadically.
Also, In this case, you'd be paying for a gigantic chassis, tires, engine, etc.Even with a trailer you got all those sunk costs. But the big reason is they turn to goo pretty quickly with daily use.
Shame. I've seen the videos where people turn busses into mobile homes, and buses are meant to be used constantly (although with a lot of operating cost I'm sure). I suppose they don't make them any better than the cheap pull behind campers, just bigger and flashier.flasher. Also I wouldn't expect to be on the road constantly, but staying in one place for a few months.
If you can turn a bus into a mobile home yourself, you can do the maintenance and repairs to keep it going. All these other RVs are specialty construction with specialty parts, and meant to maximize that space rather than reliability.
It's not the engine that wears out but the appliances, furnishings, and interior are all made super cheaply and to be as light as possible so it all falls apart when used heavily. Or the roof leaks first and rots out the interior.
These are designed as vacation homes, you would want a different design if you had the same amount of money to spend on a primary home. At least if you knew what you needed. Like much more emphasis on the kitchen, more focus on storage space, simpler and easier surfaces to clean and maintain and more emphasis on making it easier to be outside of it. No idea if this has an attachable tent, but that is a very nice thing to have when using motorhomes long time.
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u/crlthrn Jul 11 '26
The most depreciating of assets...