Advice and experience with older DP Class A's

H & E wrote:
We shopped for about a year for our first motor home. I wanted nothing over 36'. My wife wanted a larger one. We ended up with a 2001 40' Newmar Diesel Pusher. We are in our third year and are very pleased with the coach. I Have contacted Newmar on more than one occasion for information and parts. It is great to have one that the company is still in business and supports us older coach owners. I set aside 10K for update and repairs. So far have not spent all of it. Only updates so far are new TV, carpet and recliners. I did have the coach inspected before purchase and all non functioning items were fixed. The first year I replaced tires , batteries, radiator, engine air filter and the HWH motor for the leveling system. Nothing since.

Nice - thanks! I wanted a smaller class-C for better mobility and options, but wifey is pushing us to the class-a's. We are going tomorrow to look at a 2006 40' Alpine. They are out of business, but it sounds like the owner (2nd owner) is very particular about maintenance and has every receipt since the rig was purchased new. My fear is that this will be an endless parade of little things breaking and needing repair due to the age. Plus, when we are not on the road, I'm trying to figure out where I would store something this big. There are not very good storage options anywhere near us.