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nddons:
I’m looking for a used travel trailer primarily just for OSH with my brother, though I might use it in retirement with my bride. 

Currently the rentals cost over $3,000 for 10-12 days at OSH. Madness.

So as I’m looking at the used trailer market, I’m intrigued by Airstream trailers. Of course, as a Boomer, I remember the Apollo 11 astronauts going into quarantine in an Airstream on USS Hornet in 1969.

They aren’t giving them away, of course. 

Anyone have any experience or thoughts on Airstreams? 

Dweyant:
We had a 2017 Flying Cloud 25 foot. 

It was really well made, and we enjoyed it.  We bought it to put in the hangar to use as a vacation spot for a few years until we built our house in Tennessee.

Then Covid happened, and we wound up living in it almost full time for two years….  By that time our house was finished I was more than ready to sell the Airstream, but it served its purpose well.

We bought it used (2017 in 2019) and sold it for more than we paid.  A function of covid shortages for sure, but they do tend to hold value quite well.

If you have any specific questions let me know.

-Dan

Lucifer:

jb1842:
Airstreams are cool but priced like a 1970 172....too high. They look cool, but most vintage ones seem to need a lot of work or cost as much as a class a. If you buy from a dealer, there is a dealer in Iowa 3 hours from you that doesn't play the bullshit fee game. The price they advertise is the price you pay. When we bought new when we still lived there, every dealer in Wisconsin tried to tack on $2-3,000 in delivery/setup/fuck you fees.

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