angelino
Yucca Valley,Ca
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Sir:
Excellent information and ideas when purchasing a Motor Home.
I personally have found after twenty years and three motor homes that by far if a person is qualified a used MH is the best way to go.
By qualified I mean having the ability to perform a detailed and searching inspection of the rig before buying it.
You have covered all points and I salute you.
Angelino
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blpark
Prescott , AZ USA
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Nice job! Now do you have anything like this for deciding between DP and a gasser? Can't make up our mind.
The Park's
Bruce, Lori and Josie Wales the outlaw Westie
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annie43
Hannibal,N.Y. 13074
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I really appreciated your views on buying a motor home. We have an interesting dilemna. I wonder if most people who read this know about Newells. They are a top of the line custom made coach, and the new or late models are way above our means. We have the chance to buy a much older Newell (from an individual that we trust) that has been very well maintained and has had a lot of the equipment replaced or rebuilt over the years. It is of course a diesel and has a very large gas tank and lots of storage space, washer/dryer, and many other things that expensive newer coaches have. It is 38.5 feet long. We have decided to replace our 1994 gas Class A with a diesel. Like you Johnny, we travel a lot versus parking. The older Newell has no slides but we truly feel we are fine without them.Because it has no slides, we expect it would not be easy to sell in future and we would plan to keep it for a long time. It is a choice of the older Newell which is like a vintage cadillac, versus a 3 or 4 year old Diesel with one or 2 slides, and we could not afford one of the really good models. If we get the Newell we will have to try to sell our coach ourselves but we can afford to buy the Newell whether we sell ours or not. The dealers don't want to give us much on a trade anyway. We have talked to some Newell owners and they love their older coach. They are very hard to find used. We have looked at some 99 and 2000 Diesels such as Monaco and Bounder,and they are quite a bit more than the Newell, but they cost the most we can afford to spend even with our trade. I wish I had read your good advice before we bought our first coach. Johnny- do you or any others out there have an opinion on our dilemna? Thanks in advance for any and all opinions. Annie
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NEAR SOTA
Maine USA
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Great write up and I shall keep reading it and test myself before buying.
Just to let others know that have questions about RVing they should use the search tool to find info pertaining to their questions. Not being snobish just trying to help as it's a great tool to use for research to answer questions.
Another tool to use is to save all post that are pertinent to RVing that you can. There might be times when connecting to the internet is not an option.I have started a few databases for several subjects which help immensely.
Good luck and thanks again for the great info!
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Karly
Prineville, Oregon
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Johnny what a excellent advice to give to people. Myself I went to the bookstore and got 3 diffrent books on R.V.'s. Plus I took and person with me who use to sell R.V.'s himself. He told me that R. V.s are marked up about 25%. So when he approached the salesman he had them take us to the $50,000 plus R.V's. The one I finally liked was talked down to $31,700. Not just price he helped me out, but some things like struture, basement space, bathroom setup. He covered it all. Make sure you get all the books with it. That is the only thing I lack with my R.V. I've only lived in it for a week and I love it. But it's no fun doing trial and error running the systems. Good luck.
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jerryma
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9-24-04
JohnnyT
Didnt read the whole post. I just stumbled into the MH I'm buying. Heck, at $9/hr I count it a real blessing. I simply want a place to live that will allow me to go with work. This 1980 Winnebago covers that base well. Once I pay off the $4900 then I'm on my way. Oh, it only has 40K miles on the engine & almost 5K hrs on the genset. 'Keep it simple', Bill always said.
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Outboundlight
Vista, California, USA
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Hello,
Would anyone like to share experiences with entry level Class A's like Fleetwood Terra or Four Winds Hurricane in the 30-32 foot range? I'm particularly interested in durability and quality...things that aren't obvious from the outside but show up over time.
We are looking at buying an almost new or if necessary new MH between 50,000 and 75,000, as warranty and trouble free operation are important to us. Any other suggestions of excellent quality models in that size and price range?
Thanks,
Tys
Still looking for our dream MH!
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DoubleTap830
Victor Valley, CA
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This is a great thread Johnny, I just wish I had read it before I bought my new MH. As a first time RVer I went to the dealership with my family on an impulse looking to trade in my 2001 Chaparral deck boat for a 5th wheel. We started looking at motorhomes and got sucked into paying full retail for a high end gas class A.
In hindsight, there are plenty of lower-end, new diesel pushers in the same $140,000 range out there that I think would have made me much happier with the purchase.
We are trying to make the best out of what we have, and truth-be-told, we are having a great time camping in our new rig. Just spent a couple weeks travelling around Arizona with the wife and kids, and didn't even once think about what I paid for it or what I could have gotten instead.
'04 Itasca Suncruiser 33V, '05 Scion xB toad
'66 Wife ( Low mileage/high maintenance )
2 Noisy kids and a worthless chihuaha
( Just kidding, I love the dog )
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webefishn
Orange Beach, Al
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Thank You for taking your time and effort to write such an article. We have a class c, but found more valuable information in your article as we are presently shopping for our first class a. In today's world, so many people don't try to help each other, and so many times people would read an article and not remember to appreciate the person that took the time and effort and their experience to share their knowledge. I for one, will not be one of those people. I say thank you and Good Job. Janice
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chainharrison
Canada
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this is my first post to the forum but I must say you have certainly been a tremendous help to my future intention regarding purchase.
My wife and I have been looking at traveling across and around our country(Canada) and have been looking at buying an Airstream classic
32 to 35 feet in the REAL classic era of Airstream (1982 - 1990).
Any experiences with these units would be GREATLY appreciated
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