 Well, today is a big day. I got Jackson with me. He's gonna help me out in picking up the bus. I'm a little reluctant to go and do business with these people. If you saw yesterday's video, you know why I'm a little reluctant, I guess. So, recap. They changed the price. Now they want to sell me the bus that didn't start when I showed up to test drive buses. Yeah. So, it also has completely dead batteries. They offered to install it for $600, and I kindly, kindly declined. And I think that's the only issue. And the tires are a little bit, you know, worse than the other one. And so I just don't feel like, you know, it was advertised for $35. And then the shenanigans went on. They raised the price of one of them to $65, even though we agreed, $35. And then they said, oh, yeah, the other one that doesn't work, yeah, we're gonna also raise that one to $45, but we'll give you a deal at $35. Yeah. I mean, if it was my choice, I wouldn't do it, but I have to put my ego aside because it is a very rust-free bus. And honestly, $35, even with dead batteries, not a bad, not a horrible deal, not a bad deal, not the best deal, but definitely not the worst deal. Some people are trying to get like 10, 20 grand for these things, unmodified. Absolutely insane. So, let's go get it. Because, giant question mark, if you're optimistic and, you know, just excited to pick up a bus and get this party started, you know what I mean? Okay, so much has happened in the past half hour since I've gotten here. I need to update you. Okay, first of all, I was mistaken the first time around. It did not have the DT-466. I don't know how I missed that. I think I was just, the engine sounded so good. I was like, oh, this is perfect. Don't even really need to look at it. I did pop the hood, but I don't know how I missed that. It's the same engine as the last one. So, this also is a 7.3 T444E, great for a veggie oil conversion. So, we're going to take this for a spin. This is a $3,500 bus. It doesn't have great tires. So, tires are like 400 bucks each, 300 bucks each. So, it might be in my best interest to maybe get the other one, which they bumped up in price. Not what I normally do, but it's rust-free, so that's why I'm considering it. So, let's go for a spin. All right, so first problem. Haven't even moved. Here's the air door. You press that. It's supposed to close the doors. Okay, I was mistaken that the doors do work. That's manual and automatic. My mistake, the thing is right here, and they work. All right, so we got some kind of steering vibration. You guys hear that? It's like squeaking and all kinds of stuff. So, I'm going to pass on this one. So, I went inside the bus place. I spoke from my heart and I said, look, I really think you should be honoring the price that I first, you know, came up here for the first time and agreed to, and I could tell that she understood me, but I also understand the situation. It's not up to her, right? It's always the boss. So, the $3,500 bus has some issues. It has some steering issue when you turn a little bit left. It's probably a steering pump that's kind of going to be something to fix, right? Engine doesn't sound as good. I don't know why. Also, the tires are not as good of a condition. Overall, the bus is not as great. There's bird shit on the dash. There's, you know, a little mold, moss kind of stuff going on. That's all, we're going to rip it apart anyways, but you can tell when people neglect something. The other bus is not neglected. So, instead of the boosted up price of five, I was able to get five, including a 10% sales tax. So, is it the best deal? I'll be the first person to tell you no. Was it an emotional rollercoaster? I will say yes, slightly, but given all that, you know, if you look at it from a big, you know, perspective from the bigger picture, it's not a terrible deal. It's still a quality bus. There's zero rust on the thing. So, I'm going to pull the trigger. I'm going to get the rest of it. I'm going to get a cashier's check inside the credit union. You guys should all join credit unions, by the way. And, I'm going to buy the bus. We're in the new bus, and I already wish I had AC. It's about 80 degrees today. So, we'll definitely have to try and put a little something here. But, you know, these things, we can just pop them up somehow. We'll get that sorted out later. Anyway, so, like I said before, holding judgment on this place because of the little, you know, issue with the price, again, things happen in life. All things considered, I have compared to the $3,500 bus, which this one also was $3,500. All things considered, I got four pretty new tires. So, that's not a bad thing. Those four tires could be $1,600, $2,000. So, all things considered, you know, not a terrible deal. Just not a deal. I thought I was getting the first time. Definitely not complaining. Very nice person. And, yeah, I mean, if we got this thing for the $35,000 they originally promised me. I'll tell you guys, hey, check out these guys. They got awesome buses, great people, whatever, blah, blah, blah. But, since the price dropped up and had that little issue, I'm not gonna do that for them. But, I will tell you that when looking for a bus, try to get something rust free, like I mentioned in the other one. And, yeah, just, you know, look around. They had two of these identical buses here. One was in better condition. One obviously costed more. But, when you do the math, if one is in better condition and it's slightly more, you're probably gonna still come out ahead, because at some point you're gonna have to put in some money into it. So, that being said, I obviously purchased this bus in okay with the price and $5,000 including sales tax, which means I only pay like $1,000 more than, you know, they, it was listed out before. So, that's okay. So, it's not the worst, you know, thing on earth. But, just gonna keep it real here and let you guys know what's happening. And, yeah, so, here goes my sweet sales lady. And, we're gonna hit the road very soon in a few minutes. And, I'm probably not gonna be vlogging it because I don't have my camera in the front set up. And, this is the first time driving this thing. So, I don't want to be too distracted to two-hour drive. So, yeah, we'll do like a run-through once we get back in one piece. And, I have temporary licensing. Title's gonna be sent to me in the mail. Got a three-day drive permit to get back. And, then we can rip this thing out and do it all over again, you know what I mean? And, let's get Mormon here. So, I'm gonna crack the windows. All right. Made it back. What do you guys think? It's a little bit bigger than Dan the Adventure bus. I just realized this is actually nine windows. From the roof, you just see the ribs there. Every rib is two windows. So, we got two. That thing is actually two. So, we got two, four, six, eight, nine. Nine windows. So, this is what it looks like. This is the front. I think I may have mentioned before. I was trying to get the DT-466. The website was incorrect. Or, I was mistaken. This is actually an international 2002 with a T444E, which is also known as the Ford 7.3-liter power stroke. This is the other side. I really don't like that. I really don't like that, but it's okay because the number one, I don't know, I would say in my opinion, right, the number one most important thing when you get a used bus is, well, besides the condition of the engine and things like that, but a very important thing that you cannot fix or cannot upgrade is the rust factor. So, this is why I ended up going with this bus here. There is no AC. We had a discrepancy with the price, all that stuff, and really it was the lack of rust. Let me just show you how little rust is on this thing. I sent a picture to Michael. You'll meet Michael in a few days. I sent a picture to him and he said, holy crap, you weren't kidding. Look at how clean that is. So, for the money, there's not a lot of rust, so that's going to save us a lot of work. I mean, it could be weeks of work, and it could also be hundreds of dollars in metal. Metal is not cheap, even a thousand. It depends on the situations. I've seen some people have to rip out the entire floor, the metal floor, because it's just completely corroded through. If you haven't seen that before and you get on Instagram, feel free to look at people when they do their renovations. It's just something that you can't upgrade. Say there's a little issue with something or a mechanical, you can swap it out and replace it for the same amount of money that you put into it. It's a lot less work, and there's nothing you can do about the rust. Also, this is the longest I think I've ever driven in an air brake vehicle. It's a little different. That's all I'm going to say. It's a little bit different. You know, you press down, it slams on it, so you got to kind of be careful with it and pump it. But here is the inside. So this is a manufactured by IC, which is International Corporation, or International, for the engine and the truck. And, you know, wheelchair. You know, we've got a couple little rooftop vents here. As you can see, everything is in pretty good condition. Even the seats here, you know, there's not, there's a little, I don't know if this is mold or what. Yeah, it looks like it, but you know, it is a Pacific Northwest, so you're going to have a little bit of mold, but you're not really going to have any rust. Now, if I were to trade this bus for a rusty bus with air conditioning, I don't think I would do it. There are a couple different options for AC things. One is to put like an RV AC up top. The other option is to get something like a red dot AC unit and you add an AC pump to the front, which it's also a rooftop unit, so you add a pump on the engine. It's powered from, you know, the belt, fan belt, and then you run the AC lines all the way up and then, you know, it does its magic up on top. So that's like 1200 bucks. Of course, requires a bit more installation than a rooftop, you know, AC unit, which you just plug into the power, but those are two options here. And, like I said, I would much rather have to deal with adding AC than redoing metalwork and rust, just, yeah. So I hope I wasn't too hard on the place that sold it to me, but if you can understand the frustration, it really threw me for a loop. Never have I ever tried to negotiate on something and then all of a sudden it went up, you know, 100%, a double in price, about, you know. So, you know, anyways, so I ended up getting the thing for five grand, including tax, so, you know, you could also translate that as to 4,500 bucks. Is that the best deal? No. Is that the worst deal? No. Is it a decent price for a bus with zero rust? Well, yeah. I mean, I honestly think anything, you know, from two to, I mean, the thing is, they're not, there's no resale value. You just don't want to overpay, but if there's value to you and you are going to enjoy it, then really, it's most important to find the right thing. So, because, you know, you get what you pay for. That's why I skipped out on the other bus. But here we are. I don't have any names for it. If you want to suggest a name, they're down in the comments. But yeah, I was definitely looking forward to doing a whole renovation. And now I get in this bus and I look at the seats and I'm like, what did I get myself into here? It's a big commitment, but it's going to be a lot of fun. You're going to love Michael. Badge is, you know, going to help out too. It's going to be just a great, you know, a great attempt at round two of converting a bus into an adventure mobile. So anyways, I'll be filming a lot more in the coming days, more regularly. And yeah, thanks so much for watching.