Thinking of Full Time would love some advice
My husband works remote, and we're discussing full time RVing. I have a few questions about this topic. What type of insurance is the best? Should we buy new or used? We've never owned an RV befo...
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dd992emo wrote:
I'm interested in the strong "buy used" sentiment in this thread. I can certainly see the financial/depreciation aspect, but what about other factors?
- did the previous owner get rid of it because of some kind of problem?
- do I want to live with someone else's funk around me?
- What hidden maintenance issues are there?
On the flip side, if you buy new YOU are the quality control and you should expect to spend the first 6 months to a year getting things to work correctly. RVs are notorious for having bugs and only the very high end ones have adequate factory QC done. So if you buy a gently used coach (ie a retired couple with no teenagers around) that has maintence records, etc., you will often be way ahead. Would you never buy a used house? Same thing applies.
We bought a used coach 11 years ago, she's still going strong and has given us years and and 100,000+ miles of service. Sure there will be little things to fix along the way. Just like with a house, there will always be something that needs attention, or that you just live with until you have time/money to fix it.
Barb
