Stated purpose: trailhead parking and camping pre-hike out. At eBay motors about $40,000.
If it costs $200 per night to stay at a hotel near the trailhead (assuming one can find a room), 200 nights is break-even. But that doesn't include depreciation, insurance, maintenance, repairs, time to take it to the garage, aggravation, fuel premium over current transportation.
Insurance: per month maybe $100. not too bad, if one goes out a few times a month.
Maintenance: maybe $100 for each oil change twice a year.
Tires: $600 every three years, maybe.
Excess fuel. They seem to get about 14-20 miles per gallon of diesel on the road. Three outliers got 23 mpg. If a current vehicle gets 25 mpg, a Sprinter getting 20 mpg will drink 25% more fuel. for a 200 mile trip and fuel at $4/gallon, that's only $8.
All that on top of currently owned vehicles, if the Sprinter isn't a replacement vehicle.
Maintenance. Someone has to clean it, it needs a parking spot.
Break even time with insurance cost: 100 months. Assuming two point five trips per month. The half trip offsets the insurance.
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