We purchased our 26ft 2004 Fleetwood Jamboree a little over 2 months ago and have yet to put it on the road. Not having a RV dealer within 100 miles it was left up to my son, a mechanic, and I to look it over and decide whether it was a good buy or not. It also was originally a rental at El Monte Rents in Santa Fe Springs, CA. We are the third owners having purchased it locally from a man who bought it from El Monte. The unit has 104,500 miles on the odometer with all but about 3,500 miles being from rentals. Exterior and interior are in surprisingly good shape and the drive train doesn't seem to have any problems (knock on wood).
To forstall some problems that may arise we have changed all the fluids, replaced the shocks, u-joints, and all the steering rods, tie rod ends and steering damper. The engine is a toss up as it is just too hard to get at. As I said before it drives and sounds good, so we shall see.
The seller was asking $20,500. On-line sellers for similar units were asking in the high $20s to low $30s with one RV place asking over $50,000. I offered $19,000 and he took it so fast I thought I should have started lower, LOL. At that price I figured I could put some money into it if need be. I need to add an awning and we should be set.
We plan on a few trips this year within about 300 mile radius to check it out before venturing out of state. We are in out seventies and this is our first experience with an RV. We're getting a late start but are hoping to get maybe 5 years of travel around the country.
If anyone has any suggestions for us we would gladly accept.
