What's the least amt. of miles you've driven before new RV?

We had a 2014 jayco Greyhawk. Purchased in June 2013 delivered in late July 2013. It had about 2600 miles on it at delivery. Used it 5 times camping for about 2500 miles total. The rest of the mileage was back and forth to the dealer. Traded it in on November 1st with 8000 miles. It was in the shop for one reason or another about 250 days.

About 4 years is the max I've ever kept a vehicle of any kind. Nothing to do with mileage just need to move to something different.

univmd wrote:
We've driven our current & first RV since brand new, it now has 62,000 miles, want to upgrade, but feel guilty about it, since we always drive our cars over 250,000 miles before upgrading. What's the least amount of miles you've driven a motorhome before changing motorhomes?

we've only had two, a 1985 Winnebago chieftain (1986-2000) and a 2000 Itasca suncruiser (2000-present). current mileage is 85,000+, about the same as the chieftain when we traded it for the suncruiser. we're currently considering purchasing a new MH as the suncruiser is starting to exhibit 'nickel and dime' syndrome.

as for autos...we generally keep them for an average of 12-14 years. but as we have two we try to stagger them buying one every 6-7 years.

We don't think in terms of miles, instead we use years since most RVs are used about 1/32 the amount of time a car is.

We don't start looking for a new RV until the current one begins to fall apart and becomes too costly and time consuming to enjoy. We had our first RV (a very used one when we bought it) for only two years before it became a money pit. We had a couple of other used RVs and got rid of them due to problems.

Our new purchase RVs- first one was a 24ft TT that we kept for 16 years and replaced it with a 5th wheel that we've had for 20 years. The 5th wheel is still going strong and has lasted through 3 trucks. The first two trucks were used and replaced due to problems. The current truck was purchased new and from the way it's holding up will be around for a long time.

Keep in mind Class A MHs are built using the same suspension and drive components used on commercial fleet vehicles. These parts are designed for a minimum of 500,000 miles of use. They are not like cars or light trucks designed for 200,000 miles of use.

So if you are happy with it and you aren't having problems with it and maintain it properly...why get rid of it.

While RV shopping this fall we looked at 3 or 4 pre-owned RV's with less than 10K on them. If you want to upgrade and can get what you want out of yours then do it! Your not getting any younger!