Mr.Mark wrote:
I agree too that 32,000 miles is not too low only if it was driven evening through-out it's life. Was the 32,000 miles put on in the first three years then has been sitting?
I think we were all trained to get the lowest mileage cream puff that we can find. It's hard to get that thinking out of our heads.
Our coach is on consigment and has almost 70,000 miles that were put on evenly through-out it's life. We've used it just about once a month since purchase (2008 Dynasty).
The salesman mentioned a couple of times that there are many '08's with less miles and people might baulk at higher miles. On a diesel, 70,000 is just about breaking it in. Only a true diesel person I think would understand that Only a true diesel person I think would understand that (I was not that person either as I had to learn it).
Diesels like to run on a regular basis although people talk about farm equipment that sit all winter and then they start them up again in the spring with no problems. It's hard to kill a diesel I guess.
MM.
How about another perspective from the buyer's point of view. We are on our second used class A, and probably our 9th or 10th RV. On the first A I fell for the "it doesn't matter how many miles are on a diesel" line. It's a true statement in some ways. However, it avoids a harsh reality. A ten year old coach with 80K on it, often has got a lot more overall wear and tear than a similar rig with 1/3rd the miles. Now, there are huge exceptions to this, including many low mileage rigs that we found that were hammered to death by snowbirds. In our case we bought a sweet Journey nine year old with 80K on it. It looked and ran great, and probably will run great for another few hundred thousand miles. However, many of the systems were tired, and expensive to maintain and repair. In retrospect, I should of held out for a similar rig with 30-40K miles. Not only are they commonly available, it's a better overall buy. I agree with your salesman. If he has a nice selection of rigs with less than half the miles of your unit, on his lot, I'm not going to bother looking at yours.
The Journey is gone, replaced with a very low mile Vista. Half the cost, three times the condition, and my only regret is that it isn't powered by a small diesel.