req. info: Airstream Safari
RTAVI
Nearest
dealer is 96 miles away, and we don't want to make a trip just to find out
prices for a new trailer. Do we even want one of these trailers? Has
anyone had any experience with the Safari? Thanks in advance.
Bill and Debbie
Phil Sinewe
about $28,000 (just a guess). We like ours, I do not like the windows, they
are cheap!
P. Sinewe
ph...@nosway.com
Don
wrote:
Although the Safari is basically a classic Airstream exterior with a
purposely cheapened interior, I have another suggestion for you.
You are gonna spend over $25,000 for a new Safari. For $25,000 you
can buy an almost brand new REAL Airstream classic trailer, and a
larger trailer if that is what you want. I found my 1986 Argosy
Squarestream by using www.traderonline.com . The funny coincidence
is that after looking for two years, when I was ready to buy I found
it reading the RV-Traider magazine while on a trip home to Tennessee.
I found the perfect trailer for me at the perfect price.
A recent search on www.traderonline.com revealed:
1995 AIRSTREAM EXCELLA 28FT.,Travel Trailer, EXCELLENT SHAPE, $25,000
1999 Airstream Safari 26' Rear Twin, $24,000
1991 airstream 35 ft. excella, REDUCED, $20,000 (I suspect this is a
34')
1998 AIRSTREAM Safari 25', all options, rear twin beds, exc. cond.,
$21,900
1994 AIRSTREAM CLASSIC 25' - excellent condition, hardly used. $22,000
If you want a shorter trailer, the 1994 Classic 25' would be a much
nicer trailer than the Safari. If I were looking for a shorter
Airstream, that would be my choice over the brand new Safari. It is
simply a nicer trailer!!!
Don in Dallas
...who will never again buy a car off of the showroom floor.
Rosie O’Donnell and Susan Saradon were speaking against guns at the MMM. Sending
their myrmidons into spasms of applause. Then, after the rally, Rosie and Susan go back to their gated
communities and high rises protected by ---- men with guns.
MYRMIDONS="a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously" (Websters)
fishguy
new Bambi last September with very little thought for $25k. It
was rolled in February (3/4ths of a roll) and totaled. Insurance
money in hand, I looked at replacements and after a lot more
study
I bought a 19' middle of the line TT. Here's why:
1. Cost 45% as much.
2. AS clings to some design decisions that are dumb. One
example:
TV cable, phone cable, power cable and sewage hose all in the
same
back bumper box.
3. AS curves reduce space a lot, especially in smaller units.
4. Cabinets don't hold much (those curves).
5. Single axle in Bambi.
6. Back corner bed is a nightmare to make. You can't buy sheets
for them.
7. Yes an AS may last forever but will you? Save the money and
buy a new unit in 10 years.
8. The appliances I got in the cheap TT are the same as I got in
Bambi.
9. If I roll this trailer it will be ruined. Just like the AS
was
ruined.
I think the AS Bambi and Safari Lightweight line is another
example of accountants taking over a good thing and making it
into
junk.
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Chris Bryant
Or you could do what I did- I bought a 20 year old 28'
Airstream for $4500- paid cash, can replace basically every appliance
in it for $2-3K (retail), keep it for how ever long I want, and loose
very little, if any money on it.
Airstreams take a certain kind of person- yes, you do make
compromises because of the rounded shape, but if you do a lot of
miles, I feel the compromises are worth it- and to show you how nuts I
am, we bought this one to put at our place here while I rebuilt our
house- so we made the compromises without the benefits.
Our last one, though, was a '75 31'- we paid $12,500 for it in
'80, kept it for 10 years, virtually full timing (40-50 weeks a year),
put over 400K miles on it, and sold it for $5K- IOW, we got our moneys
worth out of it, and would have gone through at least 2 conventional
trailers.
>
>I think the AS Bambi and Safari Lightweight line is another
>example of accountants taking over a good thing and making it
>into
>junk.
No arguments here, though I haven't examined or worked on one
yet.
--
Chris Bryant
Bryant RV Services- DeLand, Florida mailto:brya...@totcon.com
On RVing- TV about RVs, by RVers
RTAVI
priced TT is the way to go as you all recommended--thanks for the great
information--Bill and Debbie
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