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Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  > RV buying advice towards next RV purchase This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  oldsarge • View posts Bucks County, Pennsylvania Full Member Joined: 02/05/2005 View Profile Posted: 09/08/10 07:38am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We have a 2004 Allegro 32' 2 slide 8.1 Class A motorhome with 20k miles on it all maintained and up to speed. Next year my wife and I are going full time and going to be on the road for awhile. Thinking about upgrading to a diesel or just keeping what I have. I can use some extra options to it and it would be nice but not sure what to do. I would like to get into a 38' or better 4 slide diesel but not sure what I need. I do not want to over buy but looking long term these days. What is a good move here. Cruise and move rgatijnet1 • View posts Florida Senior Member Joined: 06/22/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 09/08/10 07:44am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The floor plan is the most important. If the layout does not work for the two of you, nothing else matters. Diesel vrs gasoline? You must consider how many miles you plan on putting on the coach. I think the national average is somewhere around 6000/year which makes the diesel less advantageous from a maintenance cost issue, especially if you must pay for service. If what you have is working, I'm not sure that I see the logic to upgrading. I think I would try it and see how it works for full time use. If it does not meet your full time needs, make a list of what you would change, and then go shopping. SRT • View posts Head of the Lakes, MN Senior Member Joined: 02/18/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/08/10 07:46am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator My advice is to do the first year in your current MH. After a year you will have a good idea of what length and floor plan will fit your needs. We did 1.5 years full-timing in a 32 foot no slide motor home. We would have moved up to 38' DP with slides if we had continued. But the DW wanted to near the grand kids (5 of them). So now we still have the same motor home and are 5 miles from the grand kids. SRT 2000 32' HR Vacationer with Banks 1998 Subaru Outback Ltd. 5 spd Brake Buddy & Blue Ox Aventa II tow bar FMCA #266040 HRRVC #84109 Clay L • View posts Sioux Falls, South Dakota Senior Member Joined: 07/01/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/08/10 07:51am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator For full timing you will probably need at least 3000 pounds of CCC. I would make that a priority. People do get by with less CCC but people also full time in class Bs and slide in campers and that wouldn't work for most of us. Note that although diesel pushers in general have higher CCCs than gassers they don't always. I have seen DPs with CCCs as low as 380 pounds, so you have to check. Clay (WA5NMR), Lee (Wife), Katie (cat). Full Timing in a 2004 Winnebago Sightseer 35N, Workhorse chassis, Honda Accord toad jauguston • View posts Bellingham, WA Senior Member Joined: 07/03/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/08/10 07:55am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator One thing you will run into is if you need bank financing they are VERY reluctant to loan money on any kind of recreational vehicle right now. We just bought the coach in my sig. It had been on the lot all summer and had five buyers that wanted it bad. Banks would not qualify any of them. We didn't need financing and bought it for 1/3 off their asking price (Less than $80,000). The manager said it is getting so bad for financing the banks are to the point they only want to loan money to folks that don't need to borrow. If you don't need to borrow you can make some great buys. Jim 2005 Coachman Sportscoach Elite 402 40' 350hp Cat C-7 w/MP-8 7500w Onan quiet diesel generator 6-Kyocera 130w solar panels SB3024i MPPT controller Pressure Pro TPMS 1987 Suzuki Samurai tintop Toad w/VW 1.6 turbo diesel power Snomas • View posts Arvada, CO Senior Member Joined: 01/28/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/08/10 09:26am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We sold our gasser and went to a Diesel just before we retired. We live in the Diesel (2 slides) 3 months a year in San Diego. Well worth the extra expense, size regardless if it sits most of summer in Colorado. 2002 DutchStar 350 Cummins/Spartan Chassis, Toad 04 Odyssey oldsarge • View posts Bucks County, Pennsylvania Full Member Joined: 02/05/2005 View Profile Posted: 09/08/10 10:02am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator All good points so far, Hmmm question for Snomas, We are leaving the Philadelphia are to go to Escondido. Any good suggestions on where to park the Class A. We are retired military. We just came back from there, flew though. Executive • View posts California/Arizona/South Dakota Senior Member Joined: 02/07/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/08/10 10:17am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If you're retired military, you can camp right on the beach at Camp Pendleton/Del Mar Recreation Beach.....here's a link as there are several others in the area....Dennis Semper Fi until we die.... Dennis and Debi Monaco Executive M-45PBQ Quad Slide 525HP Cummins ISM 6 Spd Allison Chevy HHR W/ ReadyBrute Full Timing and Living the Dream tahiti16 • View posts Camarillo, CA Senior Member Joined: 06/23/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Online Posted: 09/08/10 02:10pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Nice site Dennis, didn't stay in long enough to get that benefit though! You're a Jarhead Vet too! Knew their was something I liked about you! Ray, Cheryl, Cory & of course Miss Molly the four-legged child 2006 Dolphin 36' F53 V10 5 speed auto 2 slides 7.5 KW genset 2puttchuck • View posts Texas Senior Member Joined: 01/10/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/08/10 02:28pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I knew there was something strangely loveable about him. Good thing you guys have your Navy M.D.'s. Oh you should go with a DP with slides. We just came out of a 32' Journey. We loved it but there is no comparison. Chuck 2006 Monaco Diplomat 2005 Chevy Tahoe 1997 Jeep Wrangler This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  > RV buying advice towards next RV purchase

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