I found this MH not far from me, it meets my req's of two pass tru storage bays, 65 gals FW, 32 ft long, two slides, two A/C's and 50 amp service. The MH has 7000 miles on it the Ford V-10 sucked a valve and ruined the engine the PO paid $16k to have this dealership install a new engine with a 2 year warranty. The dealership wants $79,995. When I checked Nada it was between $59-$71k with no options and no allowance for mileage. Dealership says they added for full body paint, low mileage and a new engine with warranty and come up to a Nada valve of $81K. MRP is $133k. Two questions: What is a fair price and those that have owned a newer Daybreak was is your feeling about the MH?

Put a cashier’s check for 70 on their table. If “no” sweeten with another 5. If still “no” walk away. They’ll call.

Lwiddis wrote:Put a cashier’s check for 70 on their table. If “no” sweeten with another 5. If still “no” walk away. They’ll call.. Would you pay $5000 over Nada ave retail if the MH was in good condition?

why is at the dealer for sale ?did the OP trade it in after the replacing the engine ?why was it repainted ?

MrWizard wrote:why is at the dealer for sale ?did the OP trade it in after the replacing the engine ?why was it repainted ?These are very good questions that need a logical answer. They should make sense to you. You should look under the front end to make sure that everything was buttoned-up after the engine change, and to look over everything underneath. Even if you do not know about the underside, look for loose things, scrapes, or broken things, or things that do not look right. Same thing on the inside, be very critical, open everything, feel for solidness where there should be solid. Pull on things, make sure that everything does work, do not take their word for it. They are really proud of the unit, it seems from the price.To me, there are some red flags on this unit, that's just to me.

MrWizard wrote:why is at the dealer for sale ?did the OP trade it in after the replacing the engine ?why was it repainted ? The original owner had the dealership replace the engine after it blew at 7000 miles, it was 5 days out of warranty and Ford would not reimburse him for it. The owner is an older guy who wants something smaller, after having such a bad experience he probably just wants to get rid of it. The MH came with full body paint it was not repainted and I think it was the dealers way to inflate the Nada price up to $79k. When I look up Nada for that MH I see $59k low retail and $71k ave retail I always thought a fair price was somewhere between.

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wildmanbaker
Explorer
Mar 30, 2018
MrWizard wrote:
why is at the dealer for sale ?
did the OP trade it in after the replacing the engine ?
why was it repainted ?

These are very good questions that need a logical answer. They should make sense to you. You should look under the front end to make sure that everything was buttoned-up after the engine change, and to look over everything underneath. Even if you do not know about the underside, look for loose things, scrapes, or broken things, or things that do not look right. Same thing on the inside, be very critical, open everything, feel for solidness where there should be solid. Pull on things, make sure that everything does work, do not take their word for it. They are really proud of the unit, it seems from the price.
To me, there are some red flags on this unit, that's just to me.
MrWizard
Moderator
Mar 29, 2018
why is at the dealer for sale ?
did the OP trade it in after the replacing the engine ?
why was it repainted ?
Gjac
Explorer III
Mar 29, 2018
Lwiddis wrote:
Put a cashier’s check for 70 on their table. If “no” sweeten with another 5. If still “no” walk away. They’ll call.
. Would you pay $5000 over Nada ave retail if the MH was in good condition?
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Mar 24, 2018
Put a cashier’s check for 70 on their table. If “no” sweeten with another 5. If still “no” walk away. They’ll call.

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