| [GMCnet] Jupiter Fla camping and Craigs list search [message #258516] |
Mon, 11 August 2014 17:11  |
David Gardner
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Registered: June 2014
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Well it appears that I am about to join the crazy world of GMC owners! After searching Craigs list daily for over 3 months, Jim Bounds sent me an email recently regarding a 23’ coach for sale in Jupiter Fla. Jim has previously done many mechanical upgrades :-) and knows the coach well. I have tentatively come to an agreement with the current owner. I will be flying to Fla on Friday the 22nd to inspect and pick it up. Then for the weekend I plan on camping at JONATHAN DICKINSON State park in Jupiter, before driving to Orlando on Monday the 25th. I will be dropping the coach off at Jim Bounds Coop to have another round of mechanical servicing and upgrades done. I flew in on purpose early so that I could spend a few days camping in it before I turned the coach over for additional work.
If anyone wants to come on by and celebrate with a newbee, and help me play with what could be done (or not to do) with the coach, that would be great! The coach appears to be in pretty good shape, and am looking forward to starting this crazy journey. I’ve wanted one of these since I was in College!
A note on crags list searches. I found there are several (just google “Craigs list national search” and you will get many search engines). They each vary a bit in what they return, so a diligent search would include several of them. I went to the Tempest search a couple of times a day, and would get somewhat different results each time I ran it! Also I found that the national search engines did not pick up all the results, so still ended up also doing a Crags list local search for many of the major cities across the country to make sure I found most everything for sale. Also keep an eye on the Facebook pages for GMCs as some coaches are advertised there as well. Unfortunately, in my case, I found the major online advertisers (Bethune, RV Trader, and many others) to have mostly outdated ads, and they have refused to remove them even after I told them the coaches were already sold. Aarg! Then after all that work, all it took was an email from Jim. :-) Go figure…..
Hope to see some of you in Fla soon.
Regards
David Gardner
2012 MB Diesel
1982 Corvette
I’ll put the new coach here after the sale! Don’t want to jinx anything
Los Angeles (West Hollywood)
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