Former Rental RV? What say you..

Veik wrote:
In my search I found a number of discussions where people buy former rental rigs.
Cruise America now has a number of used 2008+ 25 and 28 ft RVs that have just a little over 100K on the ODO (not all of them are at 150k+...)

They are mostly four winds models.
Very spartan inside, tpo roof, etc.
No TVs, no awnings, no slide outs, no levels.

Selling price range - $19-25K. one year warranty on power train.

How much life can I realistically get out of one of this units?
Will it last 5 years?

Lets assume that they were serviced regularly, but did take some abuse from renters.

At that odometer readings, what usually goes bad ?
Are those ford transmissions pretty reliable?
E350/E450 engines?

Getting one of these rigs might save me a lot of money, or it may not...

I would consider one from a smaller rental agency that will give you service records. Don't think I would buy a Cruise America. The ones at Manassas have about 150k on them. They clean them up and repaint them but interior stuff will show lots of wear. Looked at one in Manassas that the formica on the dinette table was worn away. I talked at length with the national sales mgr for them at the Fredericksburg RV show this spring. He said they are always in use rather than sitting and are checked after each rental and if there are any complaints, they are fixed. That all sounds great and that's what the car rental companies will tell you also, but half the cars I've rented have been low on oil. They are so busy at times they can barely clean them between rentals. And how many people will take the time to tell them all the stuff they found wrong when their trip is over and they just want to get home.Cruise America will not show you any service records if they even have them.