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Domromer
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Apr 08, 2014

How old of a class c?

My wife and I are getting serious about getting class C. We have been mostly looking at rv trader and craigslist. We'd like to spend between 20-30k on a used unit and under 30ft would be ideal as it's just the two of us and our dogs.

I tend to buy all my vehicles used but less than 4 years old. For me that's the sweet spot in used vehicles. In terms of rvs I don't have much knowledge as to how they age. I'm finding a lot of rvs from around 1999 that seem quite affordable and have low mileage. Now I'd never buy a car that old but an rv with only 30k miles has me thinking. Im not looking for a fixer upper or something is is going to need a lot of preventive maintenance. I'd prefer to be on the road and not sitting at the repair shop. Your thoughts?

Dom
  • Some folks like ex rentals and have nothing but good to say about them.
    9 years and 55k miles ago, we bought a 4 year old unit with 5k, have had zero problems.

    I would say if you plan to keep the rig forever, and rack up a lot of miles, in my opinion starting newer with fewer miles is a good idea. Rather than a high milage ex rental.

    I agree that 3 to 4 years old is the sweet spot
  • Go to the RV Trader and punch up used class c motorhomes in the 20-30 thousand range, 2005-2010. I just did and found quite a few. Granted, a lot of em are prior rental's but their usuall fairly well maintained. May not have all the bells n whistles, but their also not 15 years old. Don't really think I would look at something that's 15 years old unless it was in the 10-15 thousand range.
    Grumpy