Buying a van

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:25 pm

Do any of you guys own or use a tour van? I've been contemplating buying one either by myself or splitting the cost between my band, so that we can get around the country.. However, I don't really know where to start (apart from ebaying transit vans). Any advice or anecdotes would be greatly appreciated

whitemike · Post by **whitemike** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:47 pm

Insurance can be pricey. How long ye been driving, and how many seats you gonna be wanting?

Also, you'd be best getting nothing smaller than a MWB as any less and you're struggling for providing seatage for everyone and enough space for shit in the back.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:59 pm

A local band that used to play here just drove a 4 door car and attached a U-Haul type of trailer they owned on the back of it.

whitemike · Post by **whitemike** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:24 pm

BassPhemy wrote:A local band that used to play here just drove a 4 door car and attached a U-Haul type of trailer they owned on the back of it.

Also a good idea.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:24 pm

I bought a tourvan about a year ago. It's a 1992 Chevy G20 conversion van, 7 passenger, had 85k miles on it, paid 2300 bucks for it. Not dirt cheap, but for something that we've taken out several times and lived in, it wasn't a bad deal at all. The insurance on it was cheap too, as I've got a clean driving record, and the band splits the cost of insurance and repairs between all the members.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:08 pm