camper styling in america 2017
I dont get it, why does everyone want a 5th that looks like a typical american home? Quite honestly most of your campers "look" nicer than my modest 1986 condo. Ive searched high and low for a 5...
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I still dont understand it. Especially new units that are going to depreciate rapidly.. I mean rapidly,....snip..
I still dont get why so many americans go into debt on these things.
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Ok let me take another stab at this. I buy new, and keep things a long time. I'm willing to accept depreciation from new, in trade for knowing the history and care of it from new.
As to the debt part of it, that is not relevant at all. Personally I pay cash for my vehicles and trailers, but the difference between paying cash or financing it is really a decision best made between the individual and his tax adviser. The real question is, can you afford it ? I just prefer being debt free, but I can understanding the accounting side of financing certain things.
I agree with you on principle that if a person is stretching themself thin financially to buy a truck and trailer that is either financed or paid for, then in that case they would have been better off to buy used/older to stay more affordable.
An often repeated complaint on this forum is the low quality of the RV's that are produced. People like to say, "we would never put up with this from the car industry".
In my case, I have now pulled my Funfinder right at 40,000 miles. The only expense on it has been that I replaced the inexpensive factory fit tires with higher quality replacements. No other repairs that cost any more than a little bit of my own labor.
By comparison, in the last 40,000 miles of use, I don't even want to add up what we have spent repairing the Ford truck, and for that matter, I have spent some money repairing the Nissan truck as well. So, of the three, the Indiana-farm-boy-built trailer wins out over the KY built Ford, and the TN built Nissan.
I go back to my earlier suggestion: if you like the floorplan of your current trailer, then refit the interior in any color or style you like. It sounds like you really like your truck, so there you go, you have that half of the situation figured out to your satisfaction.
I still dont understand it. Especially new units that are going to depreciate rapidly.. I mean rapidly,....snip..
I still dont get why so many americans go into debt on these things.
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Ok let me take another stab at this. I buy new, and keep things a long time. I'm willing to accept depreciation from new, in trade for knowing the history and care of it from new.
As to the debt part of it, that is not relevant at all. Personally I pay cash for my vehicles and trailers, but the difference between paying cash or financing it is really a decision best made between the individual and his tax adviser. The real question is, can you afford it ? I just prefer being debt free, but I can understanding the accounting side of financing certain things.
I agree with you on principle that if a person is stretching themself thin financially to buy a truck and trailer that is either financed or paid for, then in that case they would have been better off to buy used/older to stay more affordable.
An often repeated complaint on this forum is the low quality of the RV's that are produced. People like to say, "we would never put up with this from the car industry".
In my case, I have now pulled my Funfinder right at 40,000 miles. The only expense on it has been that I replaced the inexpensive factory fit tires with higher quality replacements. No other repairs that cost any more than a little bit of my own labor.
By comparison, in the last 40,000 miles of use, I don't even want to add up what we have spent repairing the Ford truck, and for that matter, I have spent some money repairing the Nissan truck as well. So, of the three, the Indiana-farm-boy-built trailer wins out over the KY built Ford, and the TN built Nissan.
I go back to my earlier suggestion: if you like the floorplan of your current trailer, then refit the interior in any color or style you like. It sounds like you really like your truck, so there you go, you have that half of the situation figured out to your satisfaction.
