obgraham wrote:
Other things being equal, I'd go for the newer rig every time. More stuff will go wrong on the 97 than the 07.
After that, the floorplan is the issue.
In general, yes. However, it depends on which 07 coach you get and which 97. For your money you can get a better built older coach. If that coach has been taken care of, it would be a better deal than a lightly used 07 that had only minimal Mx. Making a blanket statement like that limits your search and you miss a lot of really good buses.
Having said that, I don't recommend older rigs to people who can't do at least some of the work themselves.