Not to mention that you could also swap over your turbo to the van if you wanted to.
Yes, that too. I'm pondering the (short term) idea of storing the RV one summer season (next year) if i can't get everything done in this 6 month season this year and sell the motorhome. it would still serve it's purpose of giving me a place to live while working on the van.
My CU called me and said the $3800 would be 48 months at 9.99% APR, $97 a month minimum payment. If I let it ride the entire 48 months, the interest would come out around $850-900. Of course if i sell the one or both the truck & motorhome in the next 12-18 months, I'd be able to pay it off sooner and avoid a lot of the interest. Sounds good to me.
More details the seller volunteered: AC and heat don't work, no passenger seat. I saw some odd wiring thing too, like maybe the stock turn signal indicators in the cluster stopped working so someone wired in clearance lights on either side of the steering column. So, it might have some weird wiring issues. Thankfully I'm good at that crap and there's really not too much on an IDI with a C6. I have a Chilton manual for 1980s E-series with schematics too, so yeah.
The logistics of getting it are doable, just a bit time consuming, and/or potentially a bit expensive.
I can go drop the RV off at the LTVA, hop in the bug and go fetch the van (after already inspecting/buying it the day before). 130-200 miles, depending which LTVA I drop the RV at, so it's a bit of a drive in the slow as hell bug, and there are some steep hills, but i can put on my hazard lights and let everyone pass me, I guess. Almost all non-stop highways except around a couple of cities so at least there's that. I'd have to take the tow bar along and a ball mount, since the van has a receiver hitch, for pulling the bug back to the RV. It would be a bit little risky though.
It's that or a one-way Enterprise car rental from Yuma (and somehow get a ride to the car rental office from the LTVA) and drop it off at the destination city, about $259 (plus gas) for a 24 hour rental ($191 a day+tax. such a ripoff). It would be the fastest, safest, most reliable, and most comfortable (air conditioning etc) method. I might just have to go with that option. Then I'd only have to drive the van back to the LTVA in one swoop. I'd take along spare bits (vac pump, hoses, belts, tools, fluids, my current IDI batteries) and some camping gear, food, and a water jug in case I have to sleep in it overnight one night on the drive back. if I have to spend a day replacing hoses and belts before I head back, I can. It beats blowing out a radiator hose or losing a belt mid-way.
I have thought about a one way u-haul truck rental also, but it would cost the same as a high mpg rental car and cost a lot more in fuel.
Vehicle transport might be doable but that seems like a pain in the ass to deal with in this situation, and it might cost the same, or more. Normal towing would probably be the most expensive but would be the most direct way to transport it, without driving it. But it would probably cost $1000. Not worth it.