Best brand/model and why
Hi All, New to the forum here. We are in market to purchase our first RV. We felt that a diesel pusher would suit our needs and what we are expecting of a coach to travel comfortably in. I hav...
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Miramichi Cruiser - You are buying a coach not a brand. You should inspect and test drive them carefully and evaluate them based on your likes and dislikes. Pretty much you get what you pay for in new coaches. If you are looking at a Tiffin, Newmar, Fleetwood, Monaco, Winnebago that cost 250,000 they will all be very similar in quality and components. Lower end coaches tend to have less durable components like table tops, flooring, paint, carpet, and so on. If you plan to full time or spend six months of the year or more in your motorhome you should get heavy duty components that will not wear out quickly. Also lower end coaches tend to have small motors and rear radiators. Small motors are fine till you meet a big hill. One of my friends has an under motored coach from one of the better brands and it overheats on mountain grades. Rear radiators make it much harder to service or get to the motor.
If you have no experience at all of motor homing then you are jumping off a cliff to go this big and expensive from the start. If you make a good buy on a used coach and you decide after a couple years to sell you will loose a lot less on the used purchase.
If you are going to full or half time and you cannot get a new coach as durable as you need then get a used coach with better components.
These are all just my opinions. When we looked for a motorhome in 2009 we bought the RVCG ratings. They rate almost all motorhomes and in my opinion do a good job of it. Better than us armchair guys and gals. Again my opinion.
If you have no experience at all of motor homing then you are jumping off a cliff to go this big and expensive from the start. If you make a good buy on a used coach and you decide after a couple years to sell you will loose a lot less on the used purchase.
If you are going to full or half time and you cannot get a new coach as durable as you need then get a used coach with better components.
These are all just my opinions. When we looked for a motorhome in 2009 we bought the RVCG ratings. They rate almost all motorhomes and in my opinion do a good job of it. Better than us armchair guys and gals. Again my opinion.
