Which one of these C's would you buy?
I'm not dead set on either of these particular units, but I'd like to hear opinions on which one might be a better buy. Both are prior rental units. The first is from a smallish local dealer in my...
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I am not all that against, buying a rental, however these are my questions.
The battle cry of those that buy rentals, without fail, is they were well maintained. I get that, it is good, but what does it really mean? Did they maintain it like Air Force One, and replace every part on a schedule, to avoid risk of failure? I think not. They did the required factory maintenance and replaced what broke.
These are my concerns, more wear and tear more miles stuff is going to break, I do not care how well it was maintained, it will still break.
Second, lets talk dollars and cents, we bought ours almost 13 years ago with 5K miles, we are now at 70K, we plan to drive it, for another 15 years, had we bought a rental with say 130K we would now be at 200K. I know the V-10 is supposed to run a billon miles, but how about the rest on the running gear?
I for one, do not want to take something with 250K, 4K miles from home.. ( so, if we were to replace it now, what would be the cost? quite pricey, I would think, ex-rental with 200K, not worth much) Where as our current unit will run for many more years.
Again, not all that against folks buying rentals, but I would suggest they consider, how long they want to keep them, as opposed to the initial lower cost, and how that works out in the long run for them.
The battle cry of those that buy rentals, without fail, is they were well maintained. I get that, it is good, but what does it really mean? Did they maintain it like Air Force One, and replace every part on a schedule, to avoid risk of failure? I think not. They did the required factory maintenance and replaced what broke.
These are my concerns, more wear and tear more miles stuff is going to break, I do not care how well it was maintained, it will still break.
Second, lets talk dollars and cents, we bought ours almost 13 years ago with 5K miles, we are now at 70K, we plan to drive it, for another 15 years, had we bought a rental with say 130K we would now be at 200K. I know the V-10 is supposed to run a billon miles, but how about the rest on the running gear?
I for one, do not want to take something with 250K, 4K miles from home.. ( so, if we were to replace it now, what would be the cost? quite pricey, I would think, ex-rental with 200K, not worth much) Where as our current unit will run for many more years.
Again, not all that against folks buying rentals, but I would suggest they consider, how long they want to keep them, as opposed to the initial lower cost, and how that works out in the long run for them.