OT: MGoBus For Sale!
So I have driven by this on the highway before and this thing is awesome!
Now I see that it is for sale...any takers?
Currently listed at a cool $22,500
is that it obviously has an invisibility cloaking mechanism! Outrageous!!!
embed fail haha
with the cloaking mechanism disengaged!!!! Reason #253 why I really need to hit the lotto!
"There....that bus-shaped distortion, see it?"
"Yes, sir. It's getting larger as we close in..."
lol dykhouse
the jumpman logo on the hood. Perfect spot for a mural of Tiny Jesus or even just one of these.
Big waste of money. The best idea for the hood would be the maize helmet pattern.
*have driven
I drove by it
If my wife lets me buy it I will invite all MGoBrethren over to my first tailgate party of the year, with all the beer you can drink.
I hope you can tell how confident I am that it will happen.
I mean you could probably just bury me in that. In fact I am now considering taking up residence in this bus and making it my actual home. Ill just shower at the gym.
Still sounds pretty awesome. I would even whip it around the block after each TD while blaring the horn!
Sounds fun. I say go for it.
Teach me how to live.
Looks pretty cool. Nice and polished, too, which is a real plus. Looks like some decent work on the interior.
That said, $22,500 is a lot of coin for a bus that's nearly 20 years old. I imagine he has quite a bit invested in it (tv, custom decal magnets, of course the interior furniture) but that's a lot of money to spend on something that's pretty well aged. I'd want to see what the tires were like, the mileage on the motor (and which motor it uses, some of them are more bulletproof than others EDIT: Description says Cat, which is pretty good, though IME they don't like chilly weather), who was maintaining it, etc.
To each their own, I suppose.
MOAR EDIT: followed the OP link, rather than the embed one, and located the original post which fills in some of the details. The seller claims good tires, difficult to verify in low-res pics but plausible. Seller also states that the bus has less than 100k miles, which is astonishing for a vehicle of that age. No idea about build quality, etc, but those are good signs for value. Note that it doesn't appear to have any real accomodations for climate issues--it'll get hot in the summer and cold in late fall/winter. Not sure what it's using to power its tvs, either. Those "issues" are just part of the deal, though.
I know the guy who owns this bus. Nice guy. He put a lot of work into getting it detailed.
Will the buyer get compensated for all the jumpman advertising? Geez. I'm not sure if its a jumpman bus with some Michigan decals, or a Michigan bus with some jumpman decals.
In Soviet Russia the Winnebago screws you !
otherwise, it just wouldn't be complete and worth buying. It would be worth owning it alone to drive it around Columbus or East Landfill on game day with The Victors blaring loudly. It would even be worth the public nuisance ticket.
Then you're gonna love this:
Every day I get in the queue (too much, MGoBus)
To get on the bus, to The Big House (too much, MGoBus)
So excited, I just sit and smile (too much, MGoBus)
The Big House, only another mile (too much, MGoBus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me near (too much, MGoBus)
But too much Jumpman, can I make that clear (too much, MGoBus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (too much, MGoBus)
But MOAR winged helmets on this MGoBus! (too much, MGoBus)
I don't care how much Nike paid (too much, MGoBus)
But we're MEEEECHIGAN, not Jordan, every day! (too much, MGoBus!) !!
Hope whomever buys this thing had a big driveway and a lot of turning room. Those old Thomas busses don't exactly have a sharp turning radius.
*looks at price*
*looks at MGoKickstarter amount*
Hmmmm....
Stretch goal??
those busses go for 100k ea. to a school district. not a bad deal
Brand new, yes. (Actually a bit less). 20 years old? Not so much. The mileage and condition appear good here, though, and of course it has a lot of extras.
and we have lots of space in rural michigan to park it. would love to bring the whole troop down for some games and they would be on cloud 9 if we did that. but, since the 4 oldest boys all play football (and i coach) we could only use it for usually 2 games a year.
and i would get rid of jordan on the hood and paint the winged helmet design, as God intended it should be. did that once with my old blue suburban when i lived in socal and michigan was playing USC in the rose bowl almost 30 yrs ago. was cool.