Purchasing a new class A
Looking to purchase my first class A motorhome. Any thoughts as to which are the best value and which mfgs. to stay away from?
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Just went through this in the last year+ - twice. I don't recommend buying new if you've never done RVing before. We bought a cheap older class A in decent shape and did a few short trips and one long one. We figured we could sell it within a few years and not lose much money, and certainly less than it would have cost to rent something for the same period.
From our starter bus experiment, we developed a must-have and a nice-to-have list for the next MH. Then we started looking for #2. The must have list contained diesel, levelers and a slide-out. The nice-to-have list was a nice shower, a washer/dryer combo, and 2 roof A/Cs. The MH we got had all this except the slide-out. The layout of the Sahara is roomy enough without one.
We'll do the whole thing maybe one more time. We'll take some longer trips, spend more time on the road and make a must have list for the next bus. There are people who buy their last MH the first time, but they do a lot of research (over a year looking at endless ads and going to shows). I'm too impatient for that so we jumped in as cheaply as we could.
Edit: Craig's List is your friend.
From our starter bus experiment, we developed a must-have and a nice-to-have list for the next MH. Then we started looking for #2. The must have list contained diesel, levelers and a slide-out. The nice-to-have list was a nice shower, a washer/dryer combo, and 2 roof A/Cs. The MH we got had all this except the slide-out. The layout of the Sahara is roomy enough without one.
We'll do the whole thing maybe one more time. We'll take some longer trips, spend more time on the road and make a must have list for the next bus. There are people who buy their last MH the first time, but they do a lot of research (over a year looking at endless ads and going to shows). I'm too impatient for that so we jumped in as cheaply as we could.
Edit: Craig's List is your friend.
