Answered: How Much Does a Class A DP Cost?

usersmanual wrote:
based on my experiences through 3 of them over 10 years yours is abnormal
The last one I have had since January 2011
I don't pay to store and I buy with cash
expenses like oil@ $800 don't make sense to me? I can see maybe $400
if u don't change your own and had a full gen and engine sevice done
but based on how many miles you may have put on it only one service was required at most and that would depend if it was done when u bought it
Iam looking at 45K depreciation after 5 years so either u paid too much or u panicked to sell or both loosing 40K after 2 years
tires can be bought for as little as $2700
My tranny has oil good for 300000 miles only have to do filters at 50K or so
lots of miles left before that

My point is watch what u buy,watch what u pay, try to not finance and avoid the pitfalls of above

$800 oil was for two years.. $400 per year. Regardless of mileage, oil must be changed every year (at least, that's what it was on the Cummins ISL). Allison 3000 tranny needs fluid change every three years, regardless of mileage.

Maybe your tires could be purchased for $2700, but my bus-sized tires were purchased through the Family MotorCoach Association (FMCA) Michelin program @ $540ish per tire, plus balance/installation/alignment.

Doesn't matter if you pay cash or finance, depreciation is real and hits you the same. For reference, numbers on my coach when it was sold:
NADA Low Retail value of my coach: $105,950
New owners paid CampingWorld: $103,000
I sold it as a consignment for $90,000
Auction value (after four months of consignment, I almost went this route): $78,000

So the new owners, regardless of HOW they paid for it, drove off the lot having lost $13,000 best case (if consigned) or maybe as much as $25,000 (if they needed to unload it). These are real numbers for a nine year old DP coach.