How many is too many

Beyond the miles, how OLD is it? We get a lot more positive reports on former rentals than negative. I suppose the negatives could feel they made a bad choice and are embarrassed to post, but still... We bought a much older Class C with 95000 and the problems we faced were not from miles but from standing in several of its later years.

I really like the layout of the 28A. Rentals are good because they delete some problem items. You might want to add the awning they deleted, but you will be happy that it doesn't have ratty worn out carpet, for example.

From what I read, CA (if that's the company selling the 28A you're looking at) is pretty straightforward about what maintenance and repairs they've done. Check that off against what's called for at that age and mileage. See if anything's missing and maybe you can get them to do at least some of it. Examples are: Service Transmission, Change Rear Axle Lube (go full synthetic) and replace Spark Plugs, possibly Coils. 10 plugs + 10 coils is at least $300 parts alone.

A Front End rebuild can be pricey and very possibly hasn't been done. You can get all new take-off parts from a company that converts E-Series to 4x4 at a good price, but it'd take a trained tech a day's labor to swap it all over. An experienced DIY could do it in a couple days.

It cones with a 5 year/100000 mile warranty

just me , I think 100k on anything is a red flag, things will start to break down.

Sounds like you may be looking at a former rental... We own a 2012 CA Thor Majestic 28A. We are very happy with it! We have done a few upgrades to add some creature comforts. The only issues we had were with the water pump and generator. Both of which were repaired under CAs warranty.

It is just super important to go over everything before you drive off the lot and make them fix aesthetic issues on the spot. Also make sure the tires are good and all the systems work.

Just budget for typical repairs; brakes, shocks, ball joints, etc.

What is more important is the condition of the roof and how watertight the back half currently and WAS ! Water intrusion will cause the flo0r to rot.

If properly maintained,not at all,as a Former Rental it more than likely has had the proper care of the Chassis and drive train.

In the thread in the clicky above there are 95 owners of former rentals and there has been very few problems reported, all seem happy with their choice.

On the drivetrain? No, not if it's been properly maintained. Three times that and I would be somewhat concerned. Many commercial vehicles such as shuttle busses and cargo vans are built on the exact same basic chassis and go for at least a few hundred thousand miles regularly. Of course, there are some maintenance related things that do start to become due, like spark plug replacement etc.

I would check to see how worn the house part is; depending on how it was used, that many miles could mean many feet trodding on the carpet and many back ends sitting on the cushions and so forth. Nothing that can't be fixed or improved, probably, but it can add up in time and cost and inconvenience if things are just generally worn out.

It got some use? Was it used as a second car? That's a lot for 5 years of use. Was it a rental?
That said, if it's been serviced regularly and looks good, might be worth getting it checked out mechanically at least. You can test the coach systems yourself with a little help from someone, a friend, that has something similar.

EDIT: Hmmmmm, thought so.

It was a rental unit.

Yup. Too many miles for a long term RV use. When you studied the maintenance records what did they prove up?