Monday, January 9, 2023

Ariel & Robert's $3k R.V.

If, by some chance you read THIS post, you may have been swept up in my enthusiasm surrounding the potential of providing a mansion for Ariel, a homeless woman who's been living in her 2004 Honda Civic for the past several years.

Having donned my shining armor, I rode forth with fanfare & pennants fluttering in the light, morning breeze, the plume atop my helmet jauntily waving.



Here're pictures of the $3,000.00 R.V.


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Hidden by the steering wheel
 is the carburator with missing air filter

Ed, the fellow showing it to me, said it has a good engine & transmission.





The black pipe along the back wall at the right was the sink drain.







Basically, to be generous, it's a box truck
with some cabinets, windows and large holes
where the heater & other stuff used to be.
Three grand?! And he said it with a straight face!



the windows are intact.


Maybe, in my younger day I might have tackled it. But even then I doubt I'd have forked over more than a few hundred for it.

As my cat Sophie, a Mergers, Acquisitions & Hostile Takeovers specialist used to say, "There's a sucker born every minute." She delighted in selling the hapless spiders the corner behind the komode and next to the bathtub. Their eyes widened at the prospect of "beachfront property" and it was too late once she had their signature.



 

3 comments:

  1. What comes to mind is, to be prepared for getting older, that day is going to come, make sure we are somewhat comfortable when we still can. My elders used to say, save money for later . Later being our studies, our living quarters, our retirement etc. And then if most of us do, there is room to look after someone for whom it did not quite work out. Good luck with, to me it is not so much the fact that it costs too much, but is it possible to make it liveable.

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    1. I think something will eventually turn up.

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  2. RVs have many issues, even when complete. Given it's been stripped, I'd question the mechanical strength of the engine & transmission. Perhaps a trailer would be a better solution, parked somewhere welcoming.

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