Newbee question for long timeRVer's

nickelman wrote:
So I am contemplating retiring in a few years and buying an RV to long to full time RVing.
The question is for those who have owned their MH 10+ years and bought a new one. Why did you get rid of the old one? Would you have felt comfortable still traveling with the old and just wanted all the new updates?
I'm thinking of getting one that is 10 - 15 years old as the prices (for the right one properly maintained) seem to be exceptional.
We have never RV'ed before and I 'm thinking 2 years of RVing and then go from there. We may hate it and quite after 6 months or we may love it and hit the road for the rest our health. So my thinking is get a well maintained older model and put a several thousand into it to get up to snuff then if we decide after 6 months to sell it then I can dump it without to much heartburn.
I'm afraid if I rent one first for a week or so and we have a bad experience the wife is going to nix the whole idea. I have been cultivating the idea for a while now and have gotten her from are you crazy to yeah maybe we can do this for a while if you really want to.
We have been researching and looking at prices for a while trying to learn all we can not wanting to go in things blind.
I would really like to get thoughts from those who own or have purchased older MH and the pros and cons.

Older with better quality and engineering is the way to go IMO for longevity, but this can mean a lot of different things for different people.
You didn't say gas or diesel, nor give a price range, so with that said, it's a 43ft Bluebird Wanderlodge, that can be continued to be cared for like an old yacht and for years to come.
I like what we have in a gas puller for old school quality and there's not much out there in the way of upgrades that this one lacks. Naturally with all of them, you'll be fixing and spending, but at least not spending it all at once on a fast depreciating newer one and where the real cost lies. Depreciation per mile that is. The good news is, that you won't be needing another hobby.
With your updates, I guess you're looking for an old gasser, like mine, so with that said, I do like the National products.