Considering used Coach. How old is too old?
Good afternoon, My wife and I are in the infancy stages of research toward an rv purchase. I'm trying to start by casting a wide search net and then narrow it down over the next year or so. Resea...
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Since you want to finance, if it is too old to borrow against, then it is too old. For motor vehicles, many lenders cut of at ten years.
I have friends who have maintained and regularly used their A gas motorhomes for 10-15 years, others who have found fantastic bargains beyond 20 years, condition and maintenance are more important than calendar age. My 2004 C was built mid 2003, so now thirteen years old and has many more good years in it. What happens is that you stop losing money on depreciation and start putting it into repairs and preventive maintenance.
Other folks I've RVed with like to buy new and trade at three to five years, when the need for maintenance seems to stert growing. This puts quite a few RVs into the used market at this age, when they've lost about a third to half their value.
At which point you buy depends a lot on how much you are willing to spend, keeping in mind that a lower initial price may be accompanied by higher ongoing costs (but less cost financing and depreciation).
I have friends who have maintained and regularly used their A gas motorhomes for 10-15 years, others who have found fantastic bargains beyond 20 years, condition and maintenance are more important than calendar age. My 2004 C was built mid 2003, so now thirteen years old and has many more good years in it. What happens is that you stop losing money on depreciation and start putting it into repairs and preventive maintenance.
Other folks I've RVed with like to buy new and trade at three to five years, when the need for maintenance seems to stert growing. This puts quite a few RVs into the used market at this age, when they've lost about a third to half their value.
At which point you buy depends a lot on how much you are willing to spend, keeping in mind that a lower initial price may be accompanied by higher ongoing costs (but less cost financing and depreciation).
