travelintraceys
Thanks for the great post on the Pros and Cons of buying a rental.
I think it will help others that are looking at buying a RV.
I have to agree on all of the points that you made.
Price was a factor in my decision to go with the rental,as I said in the original post. I had looked at a lot of others of the same year,model and Mfg. All needed work or tires or something which meant
I had to spend more money to get it in shape. Granted they had less miles but I had no way of knowing how they had been matained. For less money I found one that had newer tires,Had a new interior,and a bonus I had a 28 page log of all matainance and repairs that had been performed.
Construction,this unit had to be made well,to stand up to the rigors of the trade. I also got the build sheet for mine and it is listed as a Tioga Commercial 26QR.
As far as Durabilty I think that it speaks for it's self, as you said,you got it with a lot of mileage and put a lot of more trouble free miles on it. Todays vehicles are designed to last if properly maintained or the manufactures would not put such a long warranty period on them. As the service manager told me if this rig is not rolling they are losing money so it is in their best intrest to mantain it to keep it on the road.
As for the Cons I have to agree with you on the Extended Warranty. When I looked at Cruse America a lot of their sales pitch was their Extended Waranty. I found it off putting and very expensive for what you get.
I had no dealer Hankie Pankie. I was told going in that it was a 2006 but was on a 2005 Chasis but I already knew how that works from the days that I had my Class A.They were upfront about everything that I asked about.
They also offered a Extended Warranty, when asked, but admitted that it wasn't a really good deal. It came with a 1 year/12000 mile power train warranty from them also 30 days on all appliances,from El Monte RV.
Having to educate people about owning a rental, I have to agree you get all kinds of opinions but after I had a few folks actually come in my RV and saw how nice and clean and well appointed it was they were impressed. I even had a few that went and looked at the place that I bought mine.
I have to agree Go Out And Enjoy and use that money you saved for other things, I know that I did..........
