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Jim
Sep 18, 2017Explorer
Monaco, Newmar, Journey, Bounder. Narrow your search to those models (or models chosen after your own research).
Note that there are certain years where each of those models is a great unit, with Monaco and Newmar generally putting out the best rigs, and other years where they have issues. But of course, anyone of them can have issues. Like the bad Norcold refers, or a badly unbalanced house design causing early tire problems and poor handling.
Settle on a price range you can afford. Spend hours searching the web for the brand of RVs you've chosen for sale at that price. Having a set price gives you an idea of the 'year' of RV you can afford. Once you have that info, then come here, search for threads about the models in that year (+/- 2 years) you're looking at to see if they have really difficult issues (like Winnebago slide issues of a couple years ago). Once you've found a couple interesting RVs for sale, than come here and ask us what we think about them. One at a time.
That's probably the best way to get helpful suggestions from this group, chop the job up into little pieces.
Buying a big rig like a Class A isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. Took me 2 years of causal searching (after deciding on those 4 models) and 6 months of active searching to finally find what I could live with. Very happy with what I got.
Note that there are certain years where each of those models is a great unit, with Monaco and Newmar generally putting out the best rigs, and other years where they have issues. But of course, anyone of them can have issues. Like the bad Norcold refers, or a badly unbalanced house design causing early tire problems and poor handling.
Settle on a price range you can afford. Spend hours searching the web for the brand of RVs you've chosen for sale at that price. Having a set price gives you an idea of the 'year' of RV you can afford. Once you have that info, then come here, search for threads about the models in that year (+/- 2 years) you're looking at to see if they have really difficult issues (like Winnebago slide issues of a couple years ago). Once you've found a couple interesting RVs for sale, than come here and ask us what we think about them. One at a time.
That's probably the best way to get helpful suggestions from this group, chop the job up into little pieces.
Buying a big rig like a Class A isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. Took me 2 years of causal searching (after deciding on those 4 models) and 6 months of active searching to finally find what I could live with. Very happy with what I got.
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