downtheroad wrote:
150K on a rental that has probably been "ridden hard and put away wet."
Rentals are not treated the same as private owner user units.
I'd keep looking.
Well said.
I would keep looking. Not waste $100 for a mechanic to say it has a lot of miles, and needs this and that fixed on it. And unless they did a transmission rebuild, it is probably due for a transmission overhaul at about $3,000.
The one with 50,000 miles also seems a bit overpriced for a unit that is nearly 10 years old. But I like the 'mechanical' side of that one much better. You probably would be prudent to cover the roof with some EPDM roof coating, before the roof is in such bad shape that recoating it becomes impossible. Better to complete that task before it starts leaking.
Check out this video, it is what I put on my 97 Bounder. By the time it is 14 years old, there is not a lot left of the old roof coating (it is designed to fluff off, and keep looking new underneath, so you get white streaks down the sides of the RV and the top coat of the EPDM is washed away by the rain).
http://www.epdmcoatings.com/videos_play.php?vid=25This coating is designed to stay on the RV and not wash away.
Good luck with your purchase. Yes it is difficult to find a 20' long class C, but a website like
RvSearch.com can help. You can search within 500 miles of your zip code and for any length that you desire.
Fred.
