Gas vs diesels

Kayteg1 wrote:

DrewE wrote:
For the vast majority of motorhomes, the relative longevity of the engine is irrelevant. ..

Maybe for you, but picture average Joe who buys nice and clean few years old gasser, that he uses for 3 years, keeping it in pristine condition.
Than at over 200,000 miles he wants to sell it and move to newer one.
What kind of pricing can he expect for his pristine motorhome?
All that after paying the heavy penalties in the past years at gas pumps.

If you look at actual prices of 6 to 8 year old units, both gas and diesel you will see that the depreciation on the diesels is often more than the selling price of the gas rig.

In other words, you could buy the gas unit, drive it for 8 years, then give it away and lose less money than the depreciation you'd take on the diesel.

As an example, a major FL dealer has a 2008 Monaco 40' DP for sale, 65k miles, asking $110k, that unit sold for about $250k new, the (one) owner took a $140k hit on that unit, not including financing costs if any.

The same dealer has a 2008 Winnebago 35' Adventurer, 54k miles, asking $65k, that unit sold for about $135k new, the owner then took about a $70k hit on that unit.

But notice, the $140k depreciation is MORE than what the Winnie sold for NEW.

Now I am NOT trying to say they are same quality, etc., etc. but the dollars tell the tale for the 'Average Joe'.