How Long Before You "Upgraded"

We went for 13 years before going to the "dark side" and buying a travel trailer. I thought it was very interesting that I could sell my pop up for 3500 bucks when I bought it for around 4600 13 years earlier. Worked for me.

We've gone from gas to diesel and back to gas. I wouldn't say that we "upgraded" each time. As our needs changed during the years, we changed RV's. Sometimes larger and sometimes smaller.

Started at 36’ because of posts that 36’ is max for public CGs...pure BS. Within 2 years went to 40’ and 2 years later 42’. Had not planned on upgrading after 14 years but son wanted to buy it so went to a 10 year old 45’. I’ll age out before it does.

I learned the $$$ way you need to buy more MH than you think you need...ONE TIME.

Upgrade? Maybe next year. But since she's 24 years old, that's 23 time I said it and didn't.

kept the first one 10yrs, #2 5yrs, #3 2.5yrs, #4 7yrs, #5 1yr so far,

FloridaRosebud wrote:
OK, this is a general and fun question. We were at a rally a few weeks back, (we are Noobs BTW - had our 33 ft National since April) and got to chatting about upgrading. We are already looking at possibly getting a larger MH, and a few couples mentioned they had their first MH any where from 6 months to 2 years before they upgraded, and laughed at us in fun because we were already thinking about it. So the question - how many of you bought a MH, got "hooked", and upgraded fairly quickly? I'm just curious based on the previous discussions, but I do find it interesting.

Al

Al,
Every humanoid on this planet, IS DIFFERENT! No two people think alike. So, in the RV world, there's all kinds of thought processes, ideas, life styles and more, that help with making decisions. Now, you say you're new to the RV world, correct? Well, Welcome and enjoy. Now, apparently you did at least a bit of research before you purchased the coach you presently have, correct? So, you made at least some form of an informed decision.

Well, you've used that coach, learned what you like and don't like, how things work, what you may be missing, and more. So, if there's enough of situation where you're really not all that happy with it, SELL IT! These things are rolling Kleenex boxes, and nothing more. There's nothing wrong with changing, upgrading or degrading. The sad part is, how much money does one loose when making these transactions. We all know motorhomes are not an investment.

There used to be a fella on IRV2 that would change coaches, and this is no joke, right about once a month. Pretty sure he was some sort of a dealer but, never admitted it. He would ask about this or that kind of an improvement and get a few answers. Then, about 3 weeks to a month later, he was asking for advice on this or that, on a totally different coach. He did that for almost a year.

Anyway, upgrading is no big deal. If you're not happy, then find something that will make you happy.
Scott

The 40' in our signature is our 7th MH in 29 years. Started out with a 23' and moved up in length about every 3 to 4 years. Just recently bought a 24' in our signature as a spare MH for overnighters or week-enders.

It's not worth the hassle to pull the 40 footer out for overnighters in city type areas. We save the 40' for longer trips. We made money or broke even on each MH as we always bought used and let the original owner take the depreciation hit.

FloridaRosebud wrote:
OK, this is a general and fun question. We were at a rally a few weeks back, (we are Noobs BTW - had our 33 ft National since April) and got to chatting about upgrading. We are already looking at possibly getting a larger MH, and a few couples mentioned they had their first MH any where from 6 months to 2 years before they upgraded, and laughed at us in fun because we were already thinking about it. So the question - how many of you bought a MH, got "hooked", and upgraded fairly quickly? I'm just curious based on the previous discussions, but I do find it interesting.

Al

First 34ft was 17 yrs old and kept it for 3yrs.
Second 36ft was 9 yrs old and kept it for 9rys
Third 41ft was 9yrs old and have had it for 2.5yrs and probably done now.
Previous to those, we had TT's

8 years

Early on, I had read about people changing out coaches really fast. We had firends that bought 3 coaches in one year! Well, I didn't want to do that as they lost a ton of money on each trade. I had also heard about buying your last motorhome first. I had read about motorhomes for 7 yrs. before we actually made a purchase.

We weren't ready so I had plenty of time to read everything that I could get my hands on. Renting before purchase gave us a good idea of what would work for us as we rented one each year for 3 years.

So, in 2007, we ordered our new 2008 Monaco Dynasty, 42 ft., 4 slides. I felt we made a good purchase as it fit us perfectly for our first coach. Then, in 2014, I wanted to upgrade to possibly to our last coach, a Prevost.

As y'all may know, it's a commitment price-wise but we wanted a top-of-the-line coach. We are approaching our 4th birthday and 46,000 miles. It is a solid coach. The quality and top of the line finishes are amazing.

I don't regret the purchase and have enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm not sure which direction we will go as I might want to go to a class B in our mature years. Every size coach has it's time and place. :D

M.