Possible Big Repairs, Used Motor Home
If I buy a 2 - 4 year old used diesel pusher motor home (to avoid huge front end depreciation), what are the big things I might get hung with? Motor repairs, transmission repairs?? How much might th...
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Here is the way I look at it. My MH is a 2003, I bought it in 2011. It had all the previous owner records with it. The first owner kept it 2 years and sold it for $60k less than he gave for it. The second owner kept it for 5 years and sold it to me for $45 less than he paid for it. It had just under 40k miles on it, had been kept in a heated/cooled garage most of its life and was in mint condition. I bought it for $105k less than it cost new. I have been lucky, other than minor repairs that I did myself, all I have done is a water pump on the engine and new tires. It would take a long time to use up that $105k in deprecation for repairs.
I pulled in to Branson, MO and into my RV spot. The guy next to me had a nice 5ver and a brand new Chevy Duramax/Allison. He came over and was looking at my MH. He said I wish I could afford one like that. I looked over at him and said, well, you gave more for your pickup than I gave for this, and that's not counting the 5erv. He just scratch his head and walked away.
I pulled in to Branson, MO and into my RV spot. The guy next to me had a nice 5ver and a brand new Chevy Duramax/Allison. He came over and was looking at my MH. He said I wish I could afford one like that. I looked over at him and said, well, you gave more for your pickup than I gave for this, and that's not counting the 5erv. He just scratch his head and walked away.
