Answered: How Much Does a Class A DP Cost?

S-n-L wrote:
I think many of you are misunderstanding or not realizing the intent of the OP's post. If you know the cost and accept it than good for you. Most of us who own a DP do understand and are happy with the decision. However, if you are thinking about buying a DP and have never had one before this is very useful information.

As one gets older, as many DP owners are seniors, than doing one's own maintenance becomes less appealing. If you think the OP's assessment is unrealistically high or unusual than you have not been talking to many DP owners around the country. It does not matter what brand, if you own a mid to high end DP then you have a good chance of this scenario. It is far more uncommon for me to hear form someone "I have owned this rig for 5 or 10 years" and all I needed to do is yearly preventative maintenance.

I also want to point out the false illusion that because you paid cash for your rig you are in some way avoiding less of an negative impact than many who finance their rig. For many you are losing more money. I for one chose to finance my rig as my investments are earning more than the interest I am paying. I could have afforded to pay cash however I, and many others, made the prudent choice to have my money earn more money. It's called leverage.

Maybe if the OP was able to read this type of post before buying the DP he/she would have made a different choice of rv or vacation plans.

If any of you want to throw $100 bills into a fire just because you like the way it looks when it burns that is your choice. No one should say you're wrong. They may just say it is not the best decision for them.

I was not going to reply but you know that's just your opinion as this is mine. I think you and him are the ones misunderstanding here.In my world Its not normal to buy a DP and on credit and just keep for 2 years barely using it all the while paying storage fees,full insurance, unrequired service work(my view) etc and then post here he lost 70K and actually believe this is the Norm? its just not so. You think his given information is usefull to prospective buyers? maybe it is Not to me but so be it iam just not of the same opinion. Every one seems to view things slightly different just like I love Trump and others hate him.it is what it is
By the way no one and me for sure never said because u pay cash your depreciation is less but the money lose impact is most defiantly less
as obviously you never paid interest on the money
Now one can argue that you may invest that 100K and make 10% and pay 5% on the loan then maybe that's ok but how many really do that