2006 with High Mileage -- Good or Bad?
Looking at buying a used 2006 Class A MH. It has 65,000 miles on the odometer. I have only seen photos to this point, but it seems to be well taken care of by the original owner who is the one sel...
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Thanks again for the replies.
J&R makes a great point as to how we intend to use it... and to be honest... I'm not really sure just yet. It is our first RV and my wife and I do work full time. We are in our late 30's (Okay... early 40's for me next month) so retirement is not in the immediate future. So probably some weekends, and maybe a week or two along the way. We are trying to balance getting into this as cheaply as possible, but still getting what we need/want.
Our main feature that we are looking for is a Class A with bunkbeds. As it appears that this is a relatively new (and relatively rare) feature in Class A's our options are rather limited in our price range. I am going to be buying this cash -- no financing -- if that makes any difference.
Almost everything that I am finding for sale seems to be in the $50-65k range. So I have been keeping my eye out for something that is quite a bit less. My goal was sub $40k and I have found it.
The details -- please feel free to weigh in, positive or negative.
2006 Forest River Georgetown SE 350DSse. It is located in Canada. It does have 87,000 miles (140,000km) but seems to be well taken care of and used extensively. The owner has put a lot into it, including a dash mounted tire pressure monitor, a ScanGauge, and an SCT X4 Power Flash RV tune. The owner says that he put about 15,000km on per year. He doesn't live close to a service center, so he does the work himself. Says that he would change oil twice a year with Synthetic and would grease the front end before each trip.
The listed asking price is $36,500.
So there you have it: The good, the bad, and the (hopefully not too) ugly.
Again, comments are welcome and appreciated!
Chris
J&R makes a great point as to how we intend to use it... and to be honest... I'm not really sure just yet. It is our first RV and my wife and I do work full time. We are in our late 30's (Okay... early 40's for me next month) so retirement is not in the immediate future. So probably some weekends, and maybe a week or two along the way. We are trying to balance getting into this as cheaply as possible, but still getting what we need/want.
Our main feature that we are looking for is a Class A with bunkbeds. As it appears that this is a relatively new (and relatively rare) feature in Class A's our options are rather limited in our price range. I am going to be buying this cash -- no financing -- if that makes any difference.
Almost everything that I am finding for sale seems to be in the $50-65k range. So I have been keeping my eye out for something that is quite a bit less. My goal was sub $40k and I have found it.
The details -- please feel free to weigh in, positive or negative.
2006 Forest River Georgetown SE 350DSse. It is located in Canada. It does have 87,000 miles (140,000km) but seems to be well taken care of and used extensively. The owner has put a lot into it, including a dash mounted tire pressure monitor, a ScanGauge, and an SCT X4 Power Flash RV tune. The owner says that he put about 15,000km on per year. He doesn't live close to a service center, so he does the work himself. Says that he would change oil twice a year with Synthetic and would grease the front end before each trip.
The listed asking price is $36,500.
So there you have it: The good, the bad, and the (hopefully not too) ugly.
Again, comments are welcome and appreciated!
Chris
