5 MISTAKES To Avoid When Buying A Campervan - Rv Buying Tips

[@vanlifesagas]

ALL COMMENTS UNDER THIS WEEK'S VIDEO NEED TO USE THE WORD "HALF-ASS" IN A FUN WAY. GO ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

[@mjmcinnespoems]

I half-assed listen to your narration cuz I’m laughing too much! 😂

[@tsneidin]

As a pilot I really appreciate the added aviation content.

[@vanlifesagas]

We don’t have to choice I’d say, we’re surrounded by 20-30 planes at all times. Haha

[@bonnierodger7719]

OUTSTANDING! Great content and hilarious video. Thank you. I bought a used 2014 sprinter with all the bells and whistles for 80K. I found Black mold behind the entire build. Started over from scratch. I’m broke and 1/2 way done…lol

[@deirdreanderson7620]

So glad you are back! My French has been suffering without lessons!

[@susanlyon1972]

Great advice. We had a 2000 Eurovan camper that we loved; lots of repair folks where we live, so never a problem...until the big problem occurred in Arches NP. Would have to be towed into CO since local Moab mechanics didn't work on Eurovans, with no guarantee it could be repaired while we figured out how to get home, etc. Ended up renting a U-Haul truck with a tow dolly on the back and got home with the camper. Easy repair, but an expensive trip and didn't even get to see the Arches!! LOL

[@vanlifesagas]

The number of times I heard "Ohh we don't work on those German cars" is beyond my ten fingers x 2.

[@dougmiller7944]

But We feel we must have all those things we don't need. After researching van life for the past year with help from you and others I realize a lot of the things I thought I would want I could do without or build in a way as to add at a later date if so needed. So I could get away with "Half Assing "it now🤔 and Ass the other half later🤦🏻‍♂,if that makes sense. Thanks Dom.👍🏻

[@vanlifesagas]

Haha, love the use of the weekly expression here. But yes, you are right - After a little time in your van, you realize half, if not most of the things you thought you wanted are completely useless.

[@sharonmeeker6581]

I haven’t checked in with you in awhile. This video was delightful and I’ll resubscribe for all your entertaining advice. I did a half-assed job on this comment.

[@adriankung1625]

So many good points here --- and I was initially reluctant to do things Half-ass, but when I figured out how much money$$$$, time, and emotional investment it would cost to do things "all out" or Full-ass, I decided I could save a bundle both before and during my travels and just make do with my older Kia Sorento. I'll let you know how it works out from South America one day... Cheers!...from North Vancouver

[@vanlifesagas]

Kia Sorento is epic! Are you in South America tight now???

[@adriankung1625]

@@vanlifesagas I hope to depart this time next year. Trying to spend time learning Spanish from almost zero (knowing some French is a little helpful). Living in Vancouver, I've been down the Oregon Coast many times, so I likely want to go thru Montana, and down the Eastern Seaboard -- it's difficult to plan this because the issues in those border areas (to Mx) are constantly changing re safety issues/advisories. Who knows how things will look next year? Pretty sure I'll do a "no build" in the Sorento, other than removing the two "jump seats" that are unusable anyways ( aha "7 seater", lol, sure). Kind of like back-packing but with a cavernous vehicle and a lot of hostel/ hotel/AirBnb comfort along the way.

[@Mikeandtheboys]

Great to have you back Dom !

[@vanlifesagas]

Doing my best Mike! Any suggestions for the following videos?

[@Mikeandtheboys]

Just keeping on doing what you do ! I did love the road trip ones though

[@TexasChance58]

Great video! Love my French Canadian Lesson!

[@vanlifesagas]

Should it be a channel by itself?

[@TexasChance58]

Maybe? But I love that it is a part of vanlife sagas! @@vanlifesagas

[@neilkinder1568]

Great videos and thanks for introducing Clarence Murray to me.

[@Sathirel2]

Est-ce que ça existe quelque part sur le web un genre de guide super complet avec la réalité du Québec qui parle des différentes vans possible selon le budget, la fiabilité, qui parle aussi de l'isolation, y vivre 4 saisons, le financement, les assurances, la maintenance, etc.?

[@whiteeulogianraven7995]

Uuuuuuu yeeeeaahhh BABBY Pura Vida on the sky!!! Very soon.

[@vanlifesagas]

Yayay

[@colleenbalch328]

Thanks Dom!

[@vanlifesagas]

Colleen. Hello!

[@Unhinged_Chimera]

Im wanting to fully live in my van since i only work weekends and i love the idea of just being able to take off. However its just me and my two cats. So its oddly made things easier to map out what i need and what sort of design im going for. Simple. Some frills like solar cause I'm a nerd who cant give up their anime while on the road and id like to watch things most of the day lol. Also oddly custom cabinets both to hold my cats litter but also a built in cat hutch to lock em up when were on the move for long distances.

[@ByteBitten]

Wanting to save money, I kept an eye on the EU L7E-C vehicles. But with inflation, options and extra battery pack; it hits €28,500. And going for the camper version, that would be €36,500. But it would charge the car with solar. So I still keep it in mind. With small electric vans going from €50K and larger from €60K. The Electricbrands XBus is a unique thing. Not half-assed at that :)

[@vanlifesagas]

Ohhh those are nice. Brand new electrical trucks aren't going to be cheap though. However, I feel like the future is somewhere in that direction.

[@ByteBitten]

It will be a few years wait for cheaper Sodium-Ion vehicles. I hope they reach market within 5 years.

[@RenayVildhjarta]

We THE PEOPLE ✊🏽Will 1/2 Ass DEMAND Change? 🤣✌🏽💞🙏

[@markrenfrow9873]

Hey Dom, I don't want to write an essay, at the same time, don't want to make a half-assed comment. On our way to Florida (from Kentucky) last year to visit my daughter, we stopped at a Alabama rest area, parked across from a 4x4 Sprinter. Talked to the Guy a while, then said "sorry for being rude, but can I ask how much you have invested in your rig?" He thought a bit, and said between 275k and 285k. He had all the bells and whistles, all installed by someone else. We were in "Serenity", our '09 Chevy shuttle bus, that I converted myself. We have spent (invested ?) 17K, including 3 engine repairs. (#1, paid local mechanic 1k to replace weeping water pump, he didn't properly secure fan clutch wires, so when we were in South Dakota in a heat wave #2 paid 450 dollars to have wiring repaired. #3 on another trip to Florida the EGR valve became completely stopped up in Alabama, where I have good friends, one is a good diesel mechanic with all of the tools. In a Chevy pick-up, replacing a EGR valve is a 8 hour job. With my help and another friends help, the three of us had a three day nightmare. Vans are hard to work on ! You can see the bolt you gotta get out, but can't reach it. Contort yourself so you can reach it, now you can't see it. My friend, at the end of the nightmare asked me if 500 dollars was more than I could afford for his labor, I said yes and paid him 800, and that I knew it wasn't really enough. With parts it was less than 1.4k for that repair.) We average 2 months a year in "Serenity", so I reckon we have pretty good value for our investment. End of half assed essay.

[@vanlifesagas]

You just won the award for the Whole Ass Comment of the Year. Yeh, vans can be a pain in the ass. And yeh, if you can afford a 275k Sprinter Van, go for it. But at the end of the day, I just realize it rarely makes sense to put that much money in a van!!! Cool that you repair vans yourself though! Or with a friend!!

[@d4drift123]

Happiness is not one size fits all, buy whatever makes you happy and satisfied...and whatever your pocket can afford...some people just have bottomless pockets.

[@vanlifesagas]

Exactly. Problem is: some people look at other people "being happy" with their vans, and think they have to get the same thing. Fact is, you don't need much on the road!

[@RenayVildhjarta]

Oh DOM🤣You always bring me FULL-ASSED Giggles, Upliftment and JOY❣ ESPECIALLY the FRIE~ANCH LEASSSONS 🤪 brings back such memories LMAO Did some grade school years in a VERY TINY VERY FRENCH VERY CATHOLIC Hamlet in Northern Alberta...all classes were in French taught by Nuns 🧟‍♀️even 'English' class Definitely 1/2 ASSED those exams🍁 with stripes on both sides of my hands😵 Oh the good old days?😂

[@vanlifesagas]

Love the expression "full-ass". HAHahahahahaha. Glad I could make you laugh.

[@livinginthenow]

I spent ZERO DOLLARS for my beautiful van. How? I traded my car (which was already paid off) for it. Direct swap. No money changed hands during the sale. No "van payment" due each month. All the money I have spent on it is for conversion and maintenance. I'm a VERY happy camper. [Sorry, Dom. I tried to use HALF-ASS in a funny way, but I half-assed it.]

[@vanlifesagas]

OH GREAT ENDING! That's the way to do man.

[@lauramoor7730]

Can you please do a video like this about shuttle buses because I bought like a disabled shuttle bus and I’m already having problems I need to know so much more than I thought I needed to know all I was thinking about decorating it on the inside buying humongous tires that could kill a person if they would just drop it on their toe by lifting it then I was just thinking about oh I have to have a light that lightens up when I come close to the door that was very important right and then I was thinking oh I can’t do this without having a space toilet that cost me $2000 oh I must have a golden shower I must have a big and deep sink I must have a human size fridge with a humongous freezer. I don’t even eat ice cream but I must have this. I must paint it pink on the inside the navy park, see pink floor that exploded after driving it off, then I was like I must build a little office inside that I never use. I must have a bedroom that I can change into a living room that I never have time to do or the energy to do. Then I was like I must have a chandelier that broke after driving it from my house to the gas station and then I was like this is impossible if I don’t have the best spring mattress that I cut in half and it fell apart and then I was like I must have a rug because I have epoxy floor and it could be slippery so I stepped on the rug and I flew on my head I really need help please because I thought I must had all these things and now I’m poor and I’m sitting with this thing in the storage that I pay $300 a month to keep it there and by the way it’s like three hours away from my house.

[@whiteeulogianraven7995]

At this moment I could just get my dogs and jump on a Piaggio APE and hit the road. I wish I could meet half-ass people to fix through life, but mostly are unfixable full ass (did I use it correctly?); anyways, I would end up building my Van around my dogs needs, a good sound system, cinema screen and Coffee. ¡PURA VIDA!

[@vanlifesagas]

A cinema screen? How big?

[@whiteeulogianraven7995]

120 inch screen at least.

[@vanlifesagas]

@@whiteeulogianraven7995 Jeeeexux.

[@Syberz]

As the great Ron Swanson once said: "Don't half-ass two things, whole ass one thing".

[@vanlifesagas]

Let me whole ass all of this.

[@TammyCondren]

😂😂😂

[@fredstgelais]

Yes, this!! Don't buy an old crappy thing for romantic reasons! The romance fades quick on the 8th trip to the mechanic on a 4 day weekend trip. Haha! Also don't buy a van at all, probably. Rent one for your first bunch of trips and really only make the big plunge if you REALLY get hooked.

[@vanlifesagas]

You seem like you know what you are talking about. DID YOU BUY AN OLD AIRSTREAM BY ANY CHANCE?

[@fredstgelais]

@@vanlifesagas No! I bought A BRAN NEW ONE! So I made the OTHER mistake, that of buying something way too expensive for what I wanted to do with it! But yeah, I've seen countless vintage VW busses stuck in the middle of nowhere waiting for a tow truck to come...

[@ads]

I made mistake (4). Freaking Westfalia needs T4 engine repair. Heads alone are 4500. Engine rebuilding is ~10k. Even if I switch the engine it's 10k. I so regret I did that, why I was such a fool, OMG :((((((

[@tomko3227]

1000% agree. I m scared just to hear the name. Mercedes.

[@vanlifesagas]

It’s not scary. Just inconvenient at times. In the middle of nowhere. When it breaks. And no one wants to help.

[@tomko3227]

@@vanlifesagas I m scared of the maintenance. Just simple oil change and specials tools for the vehicle. Scary.....that's my personal opinions. Love ya vid.

[@vanlifesagas]

@@tomko3227 Oh I totally agreed with you. Gahaha.

[@papa54321]

C'est fini les vidéos?

[@vanlifesagas]

Ça revient. Êtes-vous prêts?

[@papa54321]

@@vanlifesagas et vous? C'est du ON et OFF sans blagues..

[@ydmf2]

Waiting for an update 🤔

[@vanlifesagas]

An update on?

[@waiferx]

HALF-FAST: “Did you just ‘half-fast’ my coffee?”

[@RenayVildhjarta]

😂COMPLETELY enjoyed the 1/2 assery of this video 💯 Thanks for FULFILLING my ASS❤✌🏽🍀🙏

[@vanlifesagas]

Half-assery is also a very nice execution.

[@ByteBitten]

Did you just Half-Assed this video? Add that Half-Assed excuse and you've got a Fine-Ass episode! :P

[@vanlifesagas]

Dahahahahah. But wait! Does it look Half-Assed for real? All suggestions welcomed.

[@vanlifesagas]

Let's just use "Half-Ass" in every comment of this week's video.

[@dougmiller7944]

HA-HA! Or was it ingenious Clickbait.😉

[@vanlifesagas]

@@dougmiller7944 Well, I would still have to tell some people NOT to buy some vans (let’s not name and brand) many times before they understand those vans are cool, but not necessarily fitted to their use / skills / money.

[@dougmiller7944]

Yes, it took me many van life videos to convince me I wouldn't need to " full-ass it"😉, OH sorry just trying to stay with the theme. This is fun for a Sunday morning😀@@vanlifesagas

[@TammyCondren]

HALF-ASS WAS MY DAD’S FAVORITE😂😂😂

[@Whistler326]

I have been Half assing my entire life....but as I get older and my coworkers are Half assing Assholes....but if I ever get into Van life or better yet a truck conversion ...I wont Half Ass the build...Salut, warmest of regards 1000 islands Canada

[@jwjustinwatkins]

I HAVE A HALF-ASS WALLET SO I CAN'T AFFORD A MERCEDES SPRINTER! =)

[@vanlifesagas]

A half-ass wallet. Hahahahaha.

[@AlainStar]

🙏👏👍💪

[@vanlifesagas]

Yeah!

[@patrickleone535]

J'en ai une pour toi Dom : Pourquoi est-ce que les hommes aiment les femmes qui portent du cuir?

[@vanlifesagas]

Aucune idée?

[@patrickleone535]

@@vanlifesagas Ça sent la demi-cul van neuve!

[@vanlifesagas]

HAHAHAHAH. @@patrickleone535

[@LilyWasHereMB]

All this talk about money. Expense, not investment.... was all the money you spent going to Norway an investment? No, of course not but, you still did it. la vie n'est pas un grand livre.

[@Chris-ut6eq]

As an obvious English speaker with no french skills would be seen as humorous to just say the litteral half-azz vs the proper half-azz? perhaps weirdly humorous?

[@vanlifesagas]

What do you mean? You don’t pronounce it with the “SS”???

[@Chris-ut6eq]

@@vanlifesagas Sorry, was just trying to avoid using 'ass' in a comment. Just meant, using "Il a Botche son examen" as the proper way a native might say it, and as an english speaker busting out with "Il a moitie-cul son examen" could combine bad pronunciation along with literal word choice, together they might be so surprisingly bad that it's funny the first time it's used? ??or perhaps not??

[@RollingCabin]

DOM @vanlife.sagas never HALF ASS his drops 🤗 straight 🔥 #vanconversion

[@vanlifesagas]

THANKS FOR THIS FULL-ASS COMMENT