Looking for advice....used vs new
Having some discussion with the Mrs, and now some of my own internal "struggles" if you will on a potential purchase we have made (of course its only on "hold" until I get get it driven etc.), but her...
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tropical36 wrote:nemo45 wrote:OktsCamp wrote:RedJeep wrote:
$70k on a 2008 used motorhome. Is it a diesel pusher you're looking at?
No its not, I wish. I need to spend $100K up here in Alberta to get a 2005-2007 DP (at least based on what I have been looking at). Ford V10, triple slide, Bounder 38P. There are certainly other diesel options a few years older in the same price range, but I would still rather have an 08 gasser than an 03-04 DP....for the price differential. We only use recreationally, one FTiming starts, that will change.
I did it the other way around. I bought a new gasser, 2011 model. Which I paid $95,000 for. It had the Ford V10 and the performance was acceptable. But, having driven a diesel pickup pulling a 38 ft. fifth wheel previously, I just wasn't happy with all that noise underneath my feet. Also, we are full timers and at 37-1/2 feet it just wasn't big enough. So, after 2 years of driving and living in it we traded it on a 2006 42' DP for $90,000 less the trade. We wish we would have started off with the DP, It would have saved us the hit we took on the new gasser. And we have been in the DP for 3 years and wouldn't think of getting rid of it. I guess the point I'm making is, if it were me and I was thinking about spending $40,000 more on a new gasser, I'd take that money and spend it on a used DP. Here's some more advice, if you can, find one with a residential refrigerator and inverter setup. Its the best upgrade we ever done. Most new gassers offer a model with a residential refer option now, also.
Again, I wouldn't even have to think much about it, if I was going full time or even if I was going to be on the road a lot during the year. As many here know by now, I've got Wanderlodge on the brain..lol and feel that this a real million dollar home that's built on wheels, so the year really doesn't matter all that much, once you find a floor plan that suits you. Here's just one example for attaining this and without spending the million... BLUEBIRD
Its all part of the same dilemma....I can spend $70-80 on a 6-7 year old gasser, maybe $100-110K on a DP that is a few years older yet. Do I need a DP...no. I like you pulled our 39" 5'er with a diesel truck so I certainly understand the benefits...but got out of that combo for similar cost reasons. I think I am gonna go with the used gasser....could be a mistake haha, but I guess there is only one way to find out. Think the Mrs. is now convinced it makes sense too.
