Bea PA wrote:

I am glad I found this thread, I am buying a 24 VR Winnebago Chalet with 14,000 miles. I will not pay for the unit until I have spent a day using all the systems.

It is not fully stripped down, has ladder, electric step,fan, ducted air and power windows and mirrors. This is not our first MH and after having 2 new motor homes in the last 15 years , it will be nice not losing a chunk when we drive it off the lot. I test drove it on the back roads and at highway speed, It seems to handle well.

I can live with the corner bed, had one on a trailer, It will sleep 6 adults. Only thing we don't like is the Jenson TV and the non powered antenna. Wish us luck

zachcycles wrote:

Count me in on buying a former rental. This thread was helpful as it didn't take long to see that the best value out there is a good condition rental. Yes I had nightmares of a dozen people on the roof after traveling down 30 miles of washboard road to get to the off-road rally with a beer swilling party after. Best advise I found was treat the deal like any other 'used' purchase... stay sharp, investigate, poke prod, leave no stone yada yada yada. I found the thread heavy on Cruise Am and El Monte info, and I suppose that is for good reason. I bought my Thor Freedom Elite from Camping World who is getting out of the rental business and selling all units. Only a year old but has some mileage... 45k. Driven a bunch but lightly used if that makes sense. Very little signs of wear or scuff marks in drawers or cargo holds. Tires and batts had been replaced and was detailed to the point of looking like new. Even the places the CW decals were removed could not be found. Time will tell how things go, but one thing I'm sure of... all those 'new off the lot' problems have already been taken care of. I'll keep this thread posted... ~Z

getmoving wrote:

We have owned our prior rental (Thor Freedom Elite 31 R) for two years and now have it up for sale. Although it is our 2nd camper, my husband is active duty Air Force and it is just a pain to own one while moving so much. We will wait to buy our next after he has retired. We thought we were going to be at this current location for 4 years but now that has changed to two meaning we move again next spring.

Ours is on the huge CW Chattanooga, TN lot if anyone knows anyone who might like to help us out and buy ours.

It is currently "advertised" at $58K but can be had for just over $45K. It's in great condition and has 50,000 miles on it. It also comes with the chalks, leveling blocks, tire covers, and spare tire.

http://www.campingworldofchattanooga.com/class-c/2012/thor-freedom-elite/427052

RacerX10 wrote:

I just bought a 2013 Fleetwood Jamboree Searcher 25k from Conejo RV in Thousand Oaks, California and drove it back to Arkansas. Super happy with it so far. It was high miles (75k), but I don't care about that as we tend to put very low miles on our rigs and the 6.8 V-10 is good for many many miles.

Hard to tell it from new. They put a new mattress in it for me, and every other seat and cushion in the rig looks new.

Didn't get a lot of warranty (45 days / 1000 miles) but I used just about everything in it on the drive home and all was well.

I'm pretty handy, been keeping my old 2001 Class C going for years with various fixes so I'm not too concerned about anything going out on this one. It's surprisingly well equipped for a rental. Power and Heated rear view windows, color back up camera, etc. Nice sized slide out too, so it's a great upgrade from what we had.

paullac wrote:



I'm guessing you're doing a consignment sale. It's a little off topic, but if you don't mind, could you write few lines about how that works? Always been curious. Thanks!