Financial balancing act
We have talked about purchasing a used DP for years, but now we have to do it. Sold my gasser, so there is no turning back. Need some opinions. We have a budget of $125,000 to $175,000. We have narr...
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Moisheh wrote:
The one thing I know for sure after A LOT of research is to steer clear of early new emission DPs. 2008-2010ish.
The "problem years" are post EGR and pre-DEF. That would be 2008-2010 or so depending on whether the manufacturer pre-bought chassis in anticipation of problems. So if the engine doesn't have an EGR valve or if it does and uses DEF to scrub the soot, you should have many trouble free miles. Search for a recent discussion on DEF for all the info.
Moisheh wrote:
After my research I decided I'll likely go pre-emission and high quality as opposed to newer and lower quality. Country Coach, Beaver/Monaco, Travel Supreme all are high on my list.
This is good advise and what drove our decision to get a Safari. We also looked at Beavers, but Travel Supremes were out of our budget as was Foretravel.
