First Time Buyer...Updated 03/06/2006
This post is intended to be helpful to the first time buyer of a motor home. For those of you who don't fall into that category or believe this post is incomplete or off the mark, do us all a favor, a...
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Re. Tolls, most toll roads and / or bridges charge "per" axle, so if you are not towing, many times we paid the same as a motorcycle in front of us. I think the first toll we ever paid was going over the Tappenzee Bridge in NY in Nov. 2006 enroute to RI.
Your'e so right about prices on Brand new dropping and used not so much. We have been looking at Winnebago Tour 40TD units. The prices are all over the board for brand new, but for the most part I found dealers are ready to reduce off the MSRP by about 30 - 35% before the real haggling begins. Also, I was going to sell our 2005 Expedition myself figuring I would get more than a dealer would offer, but the deaers I have talked with briefly have indicated most will give very good trade-in value on their new units so they can reduce their new stock floorplan. Also, there is a certain advantage to trade-in vs outright purchase. Just like a car, (at least in Al), you pay the sales tax on the differance between the trade-in and the new unit, not the total price of the new unit.
Seems to be a buyers market this summer, with fuel prices going higher, interest rates lower, and fully stocked dealers needing to move their units, I'm smiling.
Your'e so right about prices on Brand new dropping and used not so much. We have been looking at Winnebago Tour 40TD units. The prices are all over the board for brand new, but for the most part I found dealers are ready to reduce off the MSRP by about 30 - 35% before the real haggling begins. Also, I was going to sell our 2005 Expedition myself figuring I would get more than a dealer would offer, but the deaers I have talked with briefly have indicated most will give very good trade-in value on their new units so they can reduce their new stock floorplan. Also, there is a certain advantage to trade-in vs outright purchase. Just like a car, (at least in Al), you pay the sales tax on the differance between the trade-in and the new unit, not the total price of the new unit.
Seems to be a buyers market this summer, with fuel prices going higher, interest rates lower, and fully stocked dealers needing to move their units, I'm smiling.
