Thinking about changing class A's
To begin with I might say I'll never see 80 again and thinking about doing something I may have thought foolish a few years ago. My 2003 National Tradewinds has had a streak of bad luck over the past ...
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GHOST1750 wrote:jplante4 wrote:
I'll have to go with Doxie on this. I see it all the time at the RV shop. People come in with brand new units that need something fixed that wasn't done right at the factory. The dealer can't get them in for weeks because they're too busy fixing the units sold last moth and the new coach owner is leaving next week for Florida, with non-cancelable reservations all down the east coast. They end up paying us to fix their coach and negotiating with the dealer to reimburse them.
And lest you think the it won't happen to a Newmar, we had one in last month, along with Tiffins that they couldn't get back to Red Bay and even Arlo Guthrie's Newell Bus.
And they all say the same thing - "We bought new because we didn't want to deal with someone else's problems". There have been several threads recently about how low the quality of the new rigs is. With everyone and his brother buying coaches, the manufacturers are just blowing them out the door.
You have a good coach that you love. You know how it was maintained. The only reason I'd consider buying another is to downsize because it will be easier for you to keep going on a smaller rig.
We bought brand new twice before and had no problems with either until the second one and that didn't start for 14 years.
I too, have had far fewer problems buying new. Some brands' warranties are not transferable anyway. Buy new if you can. Buy used and take your chances. Esp. when there's no warranty.
