The Saga of TBH part 3

Three weeks later, “Sandi, come here, look at this bus! This is a totally redone Eagle conversion in California. The guy selling it only wants $40K for it but it does have a lot miles on it.”

A couple of days later, “Sandi, I think I’ve got I narrowed down. I found this newer 1998 MCI bus conversion in Florida. It’s only 35 feet long.”
“Yeah, how much?”
“Only $80K.”

“What!” I screeched. “That’s ridculous! Why do you want to buy an RV? You HATE driving! That’s why you told me you wanted to buy an airplane!”

“Well. I’ve always wanted to travel around in one. Ok, look. Here’s this one in Virginia. The guy is asking $70K for it and it looks in pretty good condition. This one’s a Prevost. They’re like the top of the line bus manufacturers. The engines on these things go for 200,000 miles. This one was never a bus but originally built to be an RV. It doesn’t have a lot of miles on it either. Oh, and it was owned by Jerry Falwell.”

“I don’t know. That’s a lot of money. Who’s Jerry Falwell?”

“You know, moral majority, Liberty University. Oh, never mind. I’ll offer this guy $50K for it ok?” Lee’s always looking for a good deal.
“Ok,” That’s $20K off his asking price. He’ll never go for it I thought.

“Sandi, I talked with the guys wife. She said he’s never going to go for it but she’ll ask him.”

“Sandi, come here!” Lee shouted to me. “Guess what? His wife called back and she said she’s really surprised, but he’ll sell for $50K, but, (there’s always a but) I have to come pick it up on Monday and he’s not going to fix a darn thing on the bus!” (That should have been a huge tip off.)

“Lee, it’s Friday. How can you go to Virginia and buy that bus on Monday?”
“WE’RE going to Virginia.” He corrected.
“No, I can’t....” I began as I marshaled all of my arguments. After several minutes Lee said, “Ok, maybe Ron will go with me. Then he can me my mechanic and do the pre-buy on the bus.”
(Ron had be aiding and abetting Lee’s bus search for the last month. Ron owns a company that does bus conversions here in Kalispell and is now trying to be semi-retired.)
I answered the phone. “Hi Honey, I’m so tired, but we’re her in Virginia. We’re going to look at the bus tomorrow and if Ron says it good, we’ll buy it.”
It was Sunday night and Ron and Lee had a whirlwind couple of days getting the travel arrangements around.