new or used

4x4ord wrote:
I am thinking of purchasing a new 5th wheel and spending a couple months per year touring around. I still haven't nailed down exactly when, but likely in the next couple of years. I wrestle with buying a little lesser quality new one vs a high end slightly used one. Anyone regret buying new?

That is great, I thought you were getting the itch for a while!

We bought our Mobile Suites 4 years old. It was around 80k or more new and paid about 50K with tax. We can still after 20 months get our money minus taxes out of it. A lesser quality like Montana would be worth MUCH less now and will be worth much more less in the future. We still have a high end unit and we are really pleased with it!

Current 5er was used. One on order is new. I have no regrets either way. The used one was a learning experience. Didn't want to spend big bucks buying new since we didn't know if we'd like RVing. Well, we do and I want to take my bike, so the new one is a toyhauler. Either way, just use it and enjoy it.

Alley Fox wrote:
We purchased a "new" 2012 Arctic Fox last month for about 2/3 MSRP so we still got the factory warranty and traded in our well-traveled 10 year old AF that was needing some expensive repairs. It was a fifth wheel that someone special ordered but the deal didn't work out. I wouldn't have any qualms about buying a nice used RV, especially from a private party but this one came along and was what we were looking for.

You gotta love it when that happens. If I happen to stumble across a deal like that I might be buying sooner.

We purchased a "new" 2012 Arctic Fox last month for about 2/3 MSRP so we still got the factory warranty and traded in our well-traveled 10 year old AF that was needing some expensive repairs. It was a fifth wheel that someone special ordered but the deal didn't work out. I wouldn't have any qualms about buying a nice used RV, especially from a private party but this one came along and was what we were looking for.