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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The truth of the life is that if you are not mechanically inclined, you better be a millionaire or ride a bicycle.
I used to drive Prevost and my whole family drives Mercedes, because with my skills I am buying them very cheap and after few years of use and some TLC, usually sell for the same price.
Typical sample how technology works, when alternator brushes wear out on Mercedes, I can replace them for $40-80 and 1-2 hr of labor.
Dealers replace whole alternator and charging >150/hr, the bill comes to $1,500-2000.
That is why rich folks sell the brand very cheap once the warranty expires.
Statistically the first owner pays $50,000 to drive Mercedes for the first 100k miles, when making 2nd 100k cost me less than 1/10 of that.
Thanks for the links to Scenic Cruisers guys.
The first one is beautiful, but knowing what is involved, I can't shake the thinking "If the guy would pay himself $2/hr on the project - he would be a millionaire"
I used to drive Prevost and my whole family drives Mercedes, because with my skills I am buying them very cheap and after few years of use and some TLC, usually sell for the same price.
Typical sample how technology works, when alternator brushes wear out on Mercedes, I can replace them for $40-80 and 1-2 hr of labor.
Dealers replace whole alternator and charging >150/hr, the bill comes to $1,500-2000.
That is why rich folks sell the brand very cheap once the warranty expires.
Statistically the first owner pays $50,000 to drive Mercedes for the first 100k miles, when making 2nd 100k cost me less than 1/10 of that.
Thanks for the links to Scenic Cruisers guys.
The first one is beautiful, but knowing what is involved, I can't shake the thinking "If the guy would pay himself $2/hr on the project - he would be a millionaire"
