Answered: How Much Does a Class A DP Cost?

Bruce Brown wrote:
All I can say is I'm sure glad I don't live in your world. Your posted costs are absolutely CRAZY high.

$800 for 2 oil changes??? Thats a joke right? And 2 in 15,000 miles? Use your head. The ISL has a 20,000 mile change interval. Doing 2 in 15,000 was a pure waste of money.

$5300 for tires? You need to shop better. We just installed (6) new tires on ours, 11R 22.5's, installed for $2400.

Then again I know some people who pay $1000 to get the brakes done on their car too. Shops need to make $$$ somehow, thankfully for them they have some consumers who just pay the price.

There is no doubt a DP is expensive to own, I think yours was excessively high.

So it was actually four oil changes... two on the ISL, two on the genny. Check your manual and you'll see changes are due based on either mileage or time, whichever comes first. Up to you if you don't follow the time interval.

I agree with you regarding the cost of my tires. As I said on the first post, I turned over all mx receipts, and I think I've recalled the cost of those tires incorrectly. They were ~$540 each purchased through the FMCA Michelin program, plus mounting/balance/alignment/tax. Maybe I only paid $4200ish??? Can't really recall.

But regardless of if my mx cost was $10,000 or $5,000 over the two year period, the real hit came in depreciation. I believe the depreciation number is the same for any coach at comparative price points. You disagree? Give me your year/make/model and I'll do the research for you and post it here for all to see... Or continue to live in ignorance, if that's more comfortable for you.

I'm sorry my friend, but if you own a Class A DP motorhome, you live in my world.