Van buying question vandwellers

Hello all, me and my wife are considering our first van. A 2011 170" high top sprinter van. It has the following modofications:

-Diesel, 18-20 mpg, mostly highway miles

-BFG KO2/TA tires + spare with ~6K mileage (winter/off-road tires with great traction)

-Kitchenette, Queen bed, dinnete, tons of gear storage + bike racks

-back-up camera and upgraded pioneer stereo w/ bluetooth

-passenger swivel seat

-Ikea latex mattress with custom aluminum bed frame

-2X 100-watt Renogy Solar panels with MPPT charge controller

-2 6V Full River AGM house batteries -2000 watt inverter

-3 gfci outlets, usb charger next to bed (2X)

-LED strip lighting with remote

-LED lights with dimmer

-isotherm elegance 85 refrigerator and freezer (super efficient, easily runs off solar)

-Large stainless steal sink with shurflo aquaking pump -Shurflo aqua king pump

-5 gal freshwater, 7 gal greywater -Fantastic fan vent

-slider door insect screen w/ zipper

-Custom birch cabinetry, walnut countertops

-Roxul mineral wool and reflectix insulation

-vinyl 'wood' floors

-chemical toilet hideaway cabinet

-roof ladder

-includes: tire chains, portable battery jump starter, tool kit

Brand new engine installed and warranties by mercedes benz for the next 3 years! Only ~3K miles on it.

-New turbo, starter, and all engine cables and belts

-New DPF, and DPF bracket (~6k miles on the DPF) -replaced entire bluetec system front to back: upstream NOX, downstream NOX, SCR, DEF injection nozzle & DEF tank, EGR valve (~6k miles on these parts)

-New starter battery

-All maintenance performed regularly at dealership (7-10k mile intervals)

-No known rust issues

-major suspension upgrades: rear sway bar, bump stops, sumo springs

It has 250,000 miles on it, and the asking price is 55k.

We would add an: awning, shower, and heater to it. We have been looking for some time, and went to see it yesterday. We would need to test drive it, as well as have a mechanic look at it. I am an engineer and pretty handy, and my father in law is a carpenter, so our original plan was to build our own, but this has almost everything we want. The tipping factor for me was that it was a passanger fleet vehicle in its previous life, lived in Florida and California, away from salty winters, and all work has been meticulously filed in a binder with receipts and records and warranties for everything, with all work done by dealerships.

Please let me know of I am about to make a terrible decision, as well as how any of you avoided sales tax.

Thanks

Submitted October 16, 2017 at 10:22PM by Elsewheretogether318 http://ift.tt/2kU7IPR vandwellers