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+ | **Florida** has been touted as a place to find commercial campers and RVs. Retirees from the NE plan to RV together in that warm state but either change their mind, upgrade to another RV, or stop RVing because of health or age reasons. | ||
+ | The **American Southwest** is another good place as there is no road salt. Paint can be degraded by "sun fade" | ||
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+ | **Colorado** does not use road salt, relying on gravel instead. | ||
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+ | Vehicles that have not been on the beach in **California** will be in good condition but will generally be more expensive((http:// | ||
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+ | ===== finding vans ===== | ||
+ | One you know geographically where to look the [[communication: | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[|ebay motors]] lists vehicles, and you can sort by distance from any zipcode, by cost, etc. | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * local classifieds | ||
+ | * Facebook marketplace | ||
+ | * vans you see for sale locally | ||
+ | * truck sales lots will have cargo vans, box trucks, etc. Some [[rv: | ||
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+ | ===== campers to rule out ===== | ||
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+ | ==== VIN checks ==== | ||
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+ | The [[https:// | ||
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+ | The free [[https:// | ||
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+ | The [[https:// | ||
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+ | > Consumers CANNOT receive NMVTIS Vehicle History Reports from Carfax, CVR, DMVDesk, Experian, or TitleTech; these five entities provide information only to car dealerships.((https:// | ||
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+ | If your vehicle passes all those you might want to look at the [[https:// | ||
==== vehicles salvaged from floods ==== | ==== vehicles salvaged from floods ==== | ||
+ | The free Carfax Flood VIN check will identify flooded vehicles. | ||
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+ | Pay attention to mold/mildew smells. | ||
==== vehicles from salt belt states ==== | ==== vehicles from salt belt states ==== | ||
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==== untitled vehicles ==== | ==== untitled vehicles ==== | ||
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+ | Untitled vehicles are nightmares. | ||
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+ | - "Do you have the title in hand?" | ||
+ | - "Does the name on the title match your ID?" | ||
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