Answered: How Much Does a Class A DP Cost?
I often see the question "how much does a motorhome cost" posted on these and other forums, and the provided answers are always lacking. Responses range from "it depends" to "impossible to answer," b...
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Yes a coach, any coach be it my 10 year old entry level budget gas powered Hurricane to a top of the line Prevost, and every rig in between, losses value each and every day. We buy at retail but sell at whole sale. If you buy today and sell in two weeks, two months, two or twenty years you will take a cost differential hit. Do it with a new coach, new to you coach or when the regional economy is questionable and the sting will turn into a multiple root canal.
The OP should have stuck it out a bit longer. Stuff breaks but usually once fixed, correctly, it will be trouble free moving forward. He spent a lot the first two years on maintenance and such but by the third, fourth, fifth and so on those cost in all likelihood would start decreasing. Also some of his costs if averaged out to the expected life of the item would have reduced his two year paper cost.
I track pretty much every dollar associated with my coach. Fuel, CG fees, insurance, scheduled maintenance material, sat service,,,. Quicken makes it pretty easy to do. So far I've averaged $5.5K a year over the past five for my gas coach. I've also spent $4.2K on gasoline and CG costs while adding 36.5K miles, 251 total nights acquired on 125 trips away from home. If I were to add my labor costs (coach has yet to be in any repair center, house or chassis) I would probably catching to the OP's. Then again probably 50% or more of what I spent was updates, upgrades and just plain bling that the coach would have been fine without.
After all my work, time and material costs the coach is exactly how I want it to be and my yearly costs should drop significantly moving forward as his would, practically if he took on some of the scheduled maintenance items and low priority repairs himself or shopped around for a better price for the service provided.
My total numbers - borrowed $40,000 in April 2011 for the coach. Since then it has cost me $49,465 for EVERTHING. Insurance, taxes, sat TV, tires, CGs, fuel, interested on the loan, upgrades, repairs,,,,. Would buy again if I had a do-over? No hesitation, yes.
The OP should have stuck it out a bit longer. Stuff breaks but usually once fixed, correctly, it will be trouble free moving forward. He spent a lot the first two years on maintenance and such but by the third, fourth, fifth and so on those cost in all likelihood would start decreasing. Also some of his costs if averaged out to the expected life of the item would have reduced his two year paper cost.
I track pretty much every dollar associated with my coach. Fuel, CG fees, insurance, scheduled maintenance material, sat service,,,. Quicken makes it pretty easy to do. So far I've averaged $5.5K a year over the past five for my gas coach. I've also spent $4.2K on gasoline and CG costs while adding 36.5K miles, 251 total nights acquired on 125 trips away from home. If I were to add my labor costs (coach has yet to be in any repair center, house or chassis) I would probably catching to the OP's. Then again probably 50% or more of what I spent was updates, upgrades and just plain bling that the coach would have been fine without.
After all my work, time and material costs the coach is exactly how I want it to be and my yearly costs should drop significantly moving forward as his would, practically if he took on some of the scheduled maintenance items and low priority repairs himself or shopped around for a better price for the service provided.
My total numbers - borrowed $40,000 in April 2011 for the coach. Since then it has cost me $49,465 for EVERTHING. Insurance, taxes, sat TV, tires, CGs, fuel, interested on the loan, upgrades, repairs,,,,. Would buy again if I had a do-over? No hesitation, yes.
