Hey Everyone!So I know this topic has been discussed like crazy and have been reading non-stop. I'm looking to purchase our first motorhome and am just looking for any advice from the more experienced here.We have are deciding between 2 identical Georgetown units - 1 new and 1 used with 28,000 miles on it. everything else is the same including the 2016 model year. MSRP is 146k on this unit but are able to purchase this for 95k brand new and 85k used.I get the depreciation and warranty thing but at what point (in your opinion) but where do you draw the line? Is 10k price difference enough to offset the 28,000 miles and spent warranty? What would you do? What am I not thinking about? TIA

If I understand correctly, the difference is $10K? For that I would buy the new one.

I would imagine you can get the used one much cheaper than the advertised price. Units depreciate heavily once driven off the lot and it's pretty dramatic for the first few years until it starts to level off. In the case where it's a year old you can make huge savings. That said 28k miles is a LOT of miles for one year of use. Was it a rental? That's 500 miles a week! It's out of warranty and it's almost out of the factory Ford warranty of 3/36. If the mileage were half that (what I would consider the high side of normal) this would be a no brainer but that's a lot of miles for one year. Not that the Chassis and drive train can't offer another 100k trouble free miles, but it's an indication that it was used heavily in a very short time.

Sounds pretty high for the used one !Check NADA.

I totally agree with Effy! The used one has been driven a lot for having that many miles on it. I would try to negotiate the new one down a bit more and go that route for a $10 grand difference. If the used one had 10K on it I think the used one may be fine but it's not.....

I like new and I also agree with Effy. That's a lot of miles in one year although it was probably bought in 2015 so two years of use.The warranty and "the delivery miles" on the new one seem more attractive to me compared to the used one as it is not that much different.Good luck,MM.

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lj2654
Explorer
Feb 17, 2017
I totally agree with Effy! The used one has been driven a lot for having that many miles on it. I would try to negotiate the new one down a bit more and go that route for a $10 grand difference. If the used one had 10K on it I think the used one may be fine but it's not.....
theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Feb 17, 2017
Sounds pretty high for the used one !

Check NADA.
Effy
Explorer II
Feb 17, 2017
I would imagine you can get the used one much cheaper than the advertised price. Units depreciate heavily once driven off the lot and it's pretty dramatic for the first few years until it starts to level off. In the case where it's a year old you can make huge savings. That said 28k miles is a LOT of miles for one year of use. Was it a rental? That's 500 miles a week! It's out of warranty and it's almost out of the factory Ford warranty of 3/36. If the mileage were half that (what I would consider the high side of normal) this would be a no brainer but that's a lot of miles for one year. Not that the Chassis and drive train can't offer another 100k trouble free miles, but it's an indication that it was used heavily in a very short time.
ScottG
Nomad
Feb 17, 2017
If I understand correctly, the difference is $10K?
For that I would buy the new one.

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