Does buying that 45' rig do it for you?
Bear with me, this is going to take some verbiage to explain. The DW and I attended a presentation at Hershey this year and one guy explained the RV manufacturers' statistic that most new RV'ers tend...
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First time RV buyers are always taking a gamble, no matter what size they buy. RVing is NOT for everyone and once they get out on the road, many find they made a mistake.
From a dealer standpoint, selling the largest, most expensive, RV puts more money in their pocket so it is natural that they will use every tactic possible to upgrade you. The salesman will tell you about all of the people that made a mistake buying too small of an RV, etc, etc.
Perhaps the reason why you see so many large RV's out there is because some people bought the sales pitch and then found out the coach was too much for them, or the RV lifestyle was NOT for them, so they took the huge loss and moved on.
There is no correct answer as to what is the best size for a newcomer to the RV world. It all depends on how they adapt to the driving and relaxing part of travel. Many are perfectly happy with a shorter coach and some are still not happy in the longest coach possible with the maximum amount of slides.
I remember one new comer to the RV family that bought a brand new coach from the factory. By the time they drove it from Indiana to Florida, they were sick of RVing. It immediately went up for sale with 2000 or so miles. Nothing wrong with the coach at all, but the couple found out that RV travel was just not for them. They ended up selling it and took a $25,000 loss.
From a dealer standpoint, selling the largest, most expensive, RV puts more money in their pocket so it is natural that they will use every tactic possible to upgrade you. The salesman will tell you about all of the people that made a mistake buying too small of an RV, etc, etc.
Perhaps the reason why you see so many large RV's out there is because some people bought the sales pitch and then found out the coach was too much for them, or the RV lifestyle was NOT for them, so they took the huge loss and moved on.
There is no correct answer as to what is the best size for a newcomer to the RV world. It all depends on how they adapt to the driving and relaxing part of travel. Many are perfectly happy with a shorter coach and some are still not happy in the longest coach possible with the maximum amount of slides.
I remember one new comer to the RV family that bought a brand new coach from the factory. By the time they drove it from Indiana to Florida, they were sick of RVing. It immediately went up for sale with 2000 or so miles. Nothing wrong with the coach at all, but the couple found out that RV travel was just not for them. They ended up selling it and took a $25,000 loss.
