![]() ![]() The Toyota RV is right in the category of “mini” RV. The couch doubles as a spot for the dogs to sleep at night (and while we are cruising down the highway!). We have a separate area for sleeping and relaxing by having a stationary bed above the driver and passenger seats, and a big L couch in the back of the RV. Plenty of Living SpaceĪlthough it’s still small, the amount of space in the living area really makes our Toyota feel like a home. They haggled the sale price down to $7,500 due to water damage in a small area within the interior, and the RV was ours! What We Love About Our Toyota RV 1. You don’t want to buy something that isn’t reliable or will breakdown immediately. He bought a one-way ticket to Washington State where the RV was located, took our $8,000 of RV savings, and flew out to take a look at the RV.īuying any used vehicle, let alone a used RV, can be scary. We finally found our rig on RV Trader, listed well above our price range at $11,500. We searched through just about every site you can think of, and went to look at several different Toyota RVs that were at local used car dealerships. We scoured the internet for months looking for our future adventure rig. The back window, low mileage, interior height (tallest point inside is 6’3”), and the short length of this RV (22ft long) are what caught our eyes from the get-go. ![]() The most recognizable feature of our RV is the huge picture window in the back. We knew from the beginning of the search for our ideal RV that we wanted to buy a Toyota because of the long life and reliability of these trucks. Side note: we always intended on buying a fixer upper that we could make our own, so the interior was not a huge concern of ours. Separate sleeping area from living room.Small enough to park in most regular parking spots, and in cities.Enough space to build storage to run our longboard business ( from the RV.Tall enough for Tommy to stand up fully.Here’s what our “must-have” checklist consisted of: So, after our experience with the van, our goal was to find a rig that checked off enough boxes of realistic wants and needs for our future home on wheels. Looking back, we were lucky to have the opportunity to dip our toes into the vanlife world to better determine what we both realistically saw ourselves traveling in. We couldn’t stand up fully in the van, and we had little to no space for us or our two dogs. It’s also important to share that the first vehicle we traveled in for weekend camping trips was a small van. You want to base your choice off of your own personal needs in order to be comfortable living a somewhat uncomfortable lifestyle. Now that you know a little about who we are and what we live and travel in, we feel it’s important to share that we firmly believe that there is no such thing as the “perfect” adventure rig, and there will be pros and cons to each vehicle you consider. We have traveled all across the US, Canada, and the Baja Peninsula in our trusty Toyota, whom we affectionately named Nigel. ![]() Hi there! We are Danielle and Tommy from The two of us and our two dogs have been traveling full-time in our 1992 Toyota Odyssey RV since 2017. ![]()
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