Isn't High Mileage Still a Problem on DP's
I have always heard that 100,000/+ miles is just breaking in a diesel MH. Lack of use, indicated by low mileage, is a bad thing. NADA doesn't even want you to include mileage in looking up values. ...
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Mileage is just one factor most people will take into consideration when buying a used Diesel Pusher RV. Most people will be a little less concerned with relatively minor differences in mileage (say they were looking at a rig with 60K and another with 80K) so they wouldn't expect a huge discount on the 80K), but they would expect the 80K rig to be somewhat less than the 60K assuming they were otherwise exactly equal, which will never be the case.
You do have to take mileage into consideration. But remember, a very low mileage rig might be low mileage for a reason. It could be a full time residence for someone, and all the interior dodads have much more wear and tear than average and maybe it hadn't moved in 5 years and one side is more weathered than the other. Also, never driving a rig isn't good for it either.
In my opinion, at the end it comes down to the overall value. I surely would rather have a better rig with a higher mileage than a substandard rig that hasn't been driven. But you cannot view any one attribute in a vacuum, you need to evaluate the entire package.
You do have to take mileage into consideration. But remember, a very low mileage rig might be low mileage for a reason. It could be a full time residence for someone, and all the interior dodads have much more wear and tear than average and maybe it hadn't moved in 5 years and one side is more weathered than the other. Also, never driving a rig isn't good for it either.
In my opinion, at the end it comes down to the overall value. I surely would rather have a better rig with a higher mileage than a substandard rig that hasn't been driven. But you cannot view any one attribute in a vacuum, you need to evaluate the entire package.
