i joined the other forum just in time to see its being shut down.. then i joined Aluminium Camper Forum and between the two i think i gathered enough decision to make a decent purchase....
today i drove to lancaster pa area to look at a 2010 QS 8.0. i was on the fence about buying it. it needed a few things but was in decent shape i thought. asking price was $3750 i know he would have come down some too... i was gong to call the guy back about the 2015 unit i looked at the other day to see if he would come down from the $6400 out the door price (also needing work) but before doing so i happened to walk past what i thought were 3 10.0 units. then i looked and was like thats too short to be a 10.0. it was in a lot better shape then any of the others there and turned out to be a 8.1. i called the wife and talked to her about it and she thought the bed sizes would work out better for us. so i got the sales man to open it up and i went over it. looks good.. its a former rental like the others but is in pretty good shape i think.. ended up making a deal on it. would only drop to $3700 ($4167 out the door) on it because he said it was rented a lot less then the 8.0 units. said most preferred to have the same size beds on each end.. hopefully i did ok on it..
so i will pick it up on the 20th. kinda excited.. going to have to figure out what supplies i'll have to bring camping now...
i guess my first question will be: what do ya clean the canvass with? this isn't horrible but has a few spots that need to be cleaned... also is there anything you need to treat the canvass and cover with? something like 303 Products Aerospace Protectant or anything?
here are a few crappy phone pics..
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Enjoy.
I know what FNG means too.
Sounds and looks like you did well. I am sure you will enjoy your new camper. I can't help you with cleaning because I have the same question. Hopefully next time you come to this area, it will be nicer than today.
Michael