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JCGibson
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Oct 16, 2014

Low Miles on a 2005 DP

In my research of a potential DP in our future, I am wanting to know about mileage and how it effects a DP. I found a 2005 Tiffin with only 32000 miles. I thought I saw somewhere low miles for an older DP can actually do more harm than good. Am I correct in this assessment even if regular maintenance has been performed?

Thanks in advance as all the information I have received so far in my research of a Class A has been outstanding.

John

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  • I know mine was low as a 2001 Beaver Contessa with the odometer reading 31,800 when I bought it 3 years ago! Uo to 43,000 now.....
  • 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 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 (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.


    I know with diesel pickups like our Dodge will last a long time with continued use, but just wasn't sure about the, what seemed like lower miles for a diesel motorhome. We have about the the same amount of miles as the DP, but it is a 2011. Not sure of how it was used though. Just did an internet search and haven't seen the actual coach.
  • 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 (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.