samven1 wrote:
There are no El Monte's near me either and I went to CA to look at what they had. I was a bit skeptical of their renovations and the fact that when I asked for the service history they told me they did not have that. The unit I was looking at had 120,000 miles on it in just 4 years. With Ford and Chevy now calling for major service at 100,000 miles I felt like I would have to do all that as soon as I bought. I also worried that since these guys dont do insurance claims for minor damage and repair inhouse, without the service history you have no way of knowing if a wall or roof was damaged. That may not be a problem but my car was never the same after I hit a deer and they had to repair allot of sheet metal and trim.
El Monte seems to have many units with fewer miles, again I did not get to look at theirs but kept thinking that would be a good thing. One of my concerns was if I decided to sell or upgrade after 30,000 miles or so how hard would selling a unit with 150,000 miles vs 110,000 miles be. Both are fairly high and many younger people are use to cars lasting 200,000 but I am still a throw back to the age when you got rid of a car with more that 60,000 because thats when many problems started. I keep telling myself that newer vehicles last longer but I cant get that rid of that uncomfortable feeling.
Anyway El Monte says they provide service records from day 1 so you have some reassurance and they give you a 1 year warranty.
By the way I ended up buying new because the price difference on the unit I wanted was not that great but larger RV's would have been substantially more.
You mention El Monte's warranty and service records but earlier said you visited CA and they didn't have service records. Was that not El Monte that didn't have records or did they not honor their website promise for maintenance records?
