Buying a previous rental?
Hi I'm new here and have browsed around a bit before posting so hopefully this question hasn't already been answered but just curious if you would advise buying a Class A that was a previous rental? The dealer claims the benefit is that they have a service center on site so all their rentals have been regularly serviced. We considering either a 2012 Hurricane with 48K on it that was a previous rental OR a 2001 Southwind (not a rental) with 60K. I'm not sure if it's better to buy a newer rental with less miles on it or an older coach with more miles but less possible abuse?
A little background on us.. my husband and I are in our late 30s with a 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son. We had an older Class A Southwind (I think it was an 82 or 85?) several years back and loved it minus how old it was. It was well taken care of and we bought from the original owner.. still it didn't have all the bells and whistles of newer motorhomes and a few glitchy things we learned to work around. This was pre-kids although we took along my teenager brother and our 3 dogs and loved being able to make lunch and use the bathroom en route. We sold it and now 7 years later were ready to get back into camping mode again so we can have some adventures with our kids. We were all set on getting a travel trailer but we keep finding ourselves drawn back to the Class A although we can't afford brand new. It just seems so dang convenient with all the kids and we want to be more of the "travel" long distances and hop around type versus set up and camp in one spot for a week. Another question I have is how is the ride on a newer Class A versus a Class C? We will be getting a gas (not diesel unless we run across some insane deal on a diesel). Our old Class A was gas powered, 27 feet and it felt like we were sort of floating along in a boat at times. Just curious if the newer Class As were similar and if there is less of that sway feeling in a Class C? I really would prefer an A but if the ride is better in a C than it might be something I'd consider.
Thanks so much!
A little background on us.. my husband and I are in our late 30s with a 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son. We had an older Class A Southwind (I think it was an 82 or 85?) several years back and loved it minus how old it was. It was well taken care of and we bought from the original owner.. still it didn't have all the bells and whistles of newer motorhomes and a few glitchy things we learned to work around. This was pre-kids although we took along my teenager brother and our 3 dogs and loved being able to make lunch and use the bathroom en route. We sold it and now 7 years later were ready to get back into camping mode again so we can have some adventures with our kids. We were all set on getting a travel trailer but we keep finding ourselves drawn back to the Class A although we can't afford brand new. It just seems so dang convenient with all the kids and we want to be more of the "travel" long distances and hop around type versus set up and camp in one spot for a week. Another question I have is how is the ride on a newer Class A versus a Class C? We will be getting a gas (not diesel unless we run across some insane deal on a diesel). Our old Class A was gas powered, 27 feet and it felt like we were sort of floating along in a boat at times. Just curious if the newer Class As were similar and if there is less of that sway feeling in a Class C? I really would prefer an A but if the ride is better in a C than it might be something I'd consider.
Thanks so much!
