How long have you had your C?
Hey, I am the proud owner of a 2013 Thor Chateau 24C that I love and want to own for a long tome. For retirement planning purposes, I wonder how long I can reasonably expect to have this rv if maint...
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I have been thinking about this too. We are just starting retirement for both of us. We bought an 03 in 09 and love it. Every time we go out I think how perfect it is for us. It is only 22 ft. but we can easily sleep 6 in it. It is easy to drive.
But as it ages, maintenance gets more difficult. We had some rot when we bought it and fixed it and the eternabond I put on all the seams is getting ratty looking. The awning rotted at the top, my temporary fix worked for a few years but it is off now and fixing it is kind of a big project. I just replaced the water pump and we have put in other RV refinements, better faucets, etc.
In 5 years we have put about 20,000 miles on it for a total of just over 40,000. We could be putting more on now that we have retired. Just returned from a wonderful cross country trip with two little grand kids. So how long will this RV last for us? What will go wrong and will we be able to keep up maintenance? Will the appliances start to die?
They don't make anything like our model anymore. What would we replace it with? I am keeping a newer RV in mind but hesitant to spend a big chunk of our retirement savings on a luxury item. Not sure how our needs might change--could be we will lose flexibility for getting up to the top bunk.
It is now 11 years old--How long CAN we reasonably expect to keep it?
But as it ages, maintenance gets more difficult. We had some rot when we bought it and fixed it and the eternabond I put on all the seams is getting ratty looking. The awning rotted at the top, my temporary fix worked for a few years but it is off now and fixing it is kind of a big project. I just replaced the water pump and we have put in other RV refinements, better faucets, etc.
In 5 years we have put about 20,000 miles on it for a total of just over 40,000. We could be putting more on now that we have retired. Just returned from a wonderful cross country trip with two little grand kids. So how long will this RV last for us? What will go wrong and will we be able to keep up maintenance? Will the appliances start to die?
They don't make anything like our model anymore. What would we replace it with? I am keeping a newer RV in mind but hesitant to spend a big chunk of our retirement savings on a luxury item. Not sure how our needs might change--could be we will lose flexibility for getting up to the top bunk.
It is now 11 years old--How long CAN we reasonably expect to keep it?
