hello!

me and one or two of my friends (we're from finland) are planning to go on a roadtrip in the summer next year around the whole of the U.S. I'm planning that we'll fly to N.Y. and buy a used car, or possibly rent one, and then we'll drive down to Florida, to L.A., San Fransisco, maybe Washington state, down to Las Vegas and through some of the northern states back to N.Y. We have about 1½ months to do this and I'm thinking that we should buy a 1994 or newer Dodge, Ford or Chevy conversion van (the ones with captains chairs and sofa/bed in the back). I looked at the prices for hiring a new car today and noticed that it would be a bit cheaper to rent a new car, but if we'd buy one we could possibly sell it when we leave the U.S. On the other hand, hiring a car would be safer, since it would be more reliable.... If we'd buy one we wouldnt give more than 3000$ for it....

what do you think? and do you think 1½ months is enough?