Going to see (and possibly buy) a motorhome in Chile tomorrow, help needed!

[Du And Nica]

Hello everyone,

The exact brand and model we're looking for (Sunlight A72) just came up here in Chile:


Being year 2013, it's older than the 2015+ we were planning, and without the extras we want (specially the oven). *BUT*, it already has a Chilean license (so it gets us over the whole damned importing business, which we haven't managed to solve yet) and is available *now*... and the price, after considering the shipping cost, European seaport fees, importing/aduana/licensing costs here in Chile, etc, is equivalent to about 32,000 EUR so it's not terribly expensive (actually, if it doesn't have any issues like water intrusions or corrosion or mechanical issues as we've seen in some units here, it will be the best value we'd have seen so far).

The catch (there's always a catch...) is that it is in far away Osorno to the South (about a 12h bus trip)... I will be calling them at opening time (about 2 h from now) and inquiring, if they *say* it's all good, we will catch the bus tonight and arrive there tomorrow morning to inspect it.

We plan on asking the seller to drive it to a Bosch Car Center that we found with good recommendations nearby, in order to have an engine inspection (and specially to connect it to a scanner and check whether there are any issues being reported by the engine's computer).

Anything else we can do to make sure we're not getting a lemon? Is there a "motorhome self-inspection guide" somewhere?

Your tips are very much appreciated.

Cheers,
--
Du & Nica.

 

[StephandJohn]

Howdy @Zigisla,



Everyone here was really nice, but you were specially helpful -- it is no exaggeration to say that if not for your help, we would not have felt secure enough to have gone ahead with the purchase. So a special thanks is owed to you -- I hope someday we will be able to retribute.



LOL! We always called our cars and motorcycles by their licence plate codes -- but now this one is also our home, so we think it deserves to be called something nicer than GRYX74

Given the similarities between Sunlight's and the Afrika Korps logos , and given that I once was kinda of a WW2 aficionado, I was thinking of calling him Rommel, or perhaps just Erwin in order to sound less formal but better check what
Nica thinks of that first...

Cheers,
-- Du

Ahem - not sure about the name. Maybe could upset out German friends? Or am I being too sensitive?

 

[Du And Nica]

Ahem - not sure about the name. Maybe could upset out German friends? Or am I being too sensitive?

Good tip. We will be sure to call it some other name then, we don't want to upset people, specially the germans (the ones we're acquainted with are really nice persons).

 

[Du And Nica]

Hello everyone,

Just posted an update with our current predicament here, please advise if you can: https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...ine-lighted-up-turbo-electrovalve-bad.182989/

Cheers,
-- Du.

 

[Du And Nica]

Howdy everyone,

Aaaaaaand, the final obstacle was overcome, and the motorhome is now our new home!

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...p-turbo-electrovalve-bad.182989/#post-3000445

Thanks again for everyone's great help and support. Folks, you are the best!

Cheers,
--
Du & Nica.

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[tinkerbell]

Did you buy it?

 

[Du And Nica]

Did you buy it?

Yes! follow the link on our last post above for the full story.