How do you guys go on tour?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:44 am
Hey so check it out, I wanna go on tour. I got a second job to save up money for that purpose, but we don't have a van. I drive a minivan that has just enough space for a three-piece band to travel in, but my new band is a four-piece.
So I was thinking we need a 12-passenger van. A full-size beast that isn't enormous, but a size up from a minivan/Explorer/Astro type thing. We've brainstormed, and here are some ideas:
Option 1: The four of us could pool together money for a van, not necessarily equal shares, but just have a savings account that we could all dump extra money into. It would be a simple and fun way to get to a goal, but raises some issues:
-Who owns it?
-How do you insure it?
-Who gets priority in schedule conflicts? (Since all of us are in multiple bands)
Option 2: I save up money from my second job and my tax return to get a larger van as a secondary vehicle for myself. This lowers the cost ceiling and decreases the quality of van I could afford, but solves the issue of ownership and just involves me putting a second vehicle on my insurance policy.
Option 3: I save up money from my second job and my tax return, then sell my minivan and spend all my money on a larger van. This puts me in the position of having to use a large vehicle with low gas mileage as my primary transportation, but I could get a much higher quality van with the funds from selling the current one. I would also still only have to insure one vehicle, which would ease the financial burden, except in terms of gas usage.
My current van is a 2003 Kia Sedona EX with over 200,000 miles on it. It has a new engine with only about 90,000 miles. I think I could get $2,000 for it, maybe $3,500 if I'm way lucky. A dealership would only take about $1,000 or less for it as a trade-in.
Anybody got better ideas? How do I van?
EDIT: Slimming down our gear was also a thought, but that sucks. People keep telling us we're really loud, and I'd hate to ruin that when people who don't know us see us play. We are a 90s alternative band (along the lines of Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas Is the Reason) with two 4x12s and a 2x15.
So I was thinking we need a 12-passenger van. A full-size beast that isn't enormous, but a size up from a minivan/Explorer/Astro type thing. We've brainstormed, and here are some ideas:
Option 1: The four of us could pool together money for a van, not necessarily equal shares, but just have a savings account that we could all dump extra money into. It would be a simple and fun way to get to a goal, but raises some issues:
-Who owns it?
-How do you insure it?
-Who gets priority in schedule conflicts? (Since all of us are in multiple bands)
Option 2: I save up money from my second job and my tax return to get a larger van as a secondary vehicle for myself. This lowers the cost ceiling and decreases the quality of van I could afford, but solves the issue of ownership and just involves me putting a second vehicle on my insurance policy.
Option 3: I save up money from my second job and my tax return, then sell my minivan and spend all my money on a larger van. This puts me in the position of having to use a large vehicle with low gas mileage as my primary transportation, but I could get a much higher quality van with the funds from selling the current one. I would also still only have to insure one vehicle, which would ease the financial burden, except in terms of gas usage.
My current van is a 2003 Kia Sedona EX with over 200,000 miles on it. It has a new engine with only about 90,000 miles. I think I could get $2,000 for it, maybe $3,500 if I'm way lucky. A dealership would only take about $1,000 or less for it as a trade-in.
Anybody got better ideas? How do I van?
EDIT: Slimming down our gear was also a thought, but that sucks. People keep telling us we're really loud, and I'd hate to ruin that when people who don't know us see us play. We are a 90s alternative band (along the lines of Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas Is the Reason) with two 4x12s and a 2x15.
