Purchase from dealer or private party?
When we buy an RV, which is the better route to go? Dealer or private party? Here are just a few things that I could think of.. In terms of: 1. Financing 2. Extended warrantees Or anythin...
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We bought our current rig from a local (30 miles away) private party. The deal couldn't have been smoother.
The sellers were the original owners from new and were having to sell for medical reasons. Their asking price was about $8K under NADA and they were comfortable with it. It tunrned out to be their remaining balance on the home equity loan they had raised to buy it 8 years previously.
We financed it the same way. It was in very good shape, with only 12,000 miles on it at 8 years old. The generator had 48 hours on the meter. We've since put another 5000 miles on it and another 15 hours on the generator.
We did put new tires on it, as it was still wearing the OEM tires Ford had put on the chassis in 2001! Apart from a couple of self-inflicted dings, it still looks good. We get those fixed and the generator running again, it'll be as good as when we bought it. We did have to replace the fridge this season. The dreaded sulfur dust showed up at the flue pipe.
We'll probably sell it on after a couple more seasons, as it's getting a bit expensive to run, with gas and CG fees both going steadily up and retirement funds going slowly down.
The sellers were the original owners from new and were having to sell for medical reasons. Their asking price was about $8K under NADA and they were comfortable with it. It tunrned out to be their remaining balance on the home equity loan they had raised to buy it 8 years previously.
We financed it the same way. It was in very good shape, with only 12,000 miles on it at 8 years old. The generator had 48 hours on the meter. We've since put another 5000 miles on it and another 15 hours on the generator.
We did put new tires on it, as it was still wearing the OEM tires Ford had put on the chassis in 2001! Apart from a couple of self-inflicted dings, it still looks good. We get those fixed and the generator running again, it'll be as good as when we bought it. We did have to replace the fridge this season. The dreaded sulfur dust showed up at the flue pipe.
We'll probably sell it on after a couple more seasons, as it's getting a bit expensive to run, with gas and CG fees both going steadily up and retirement funds going slowly down.
