The math for buying used
There are all sorts of reasons for buying used or new. For the beginning RV'ers I will post some math on how it worked out for "me." So my 86 TT has had all the fun vacationed out of it. Several tr...
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Just a perspective from the buy new side...
We've bought all 3 of our campers new. The first 2 were pop ups & the last one was a class C. All 3 have worked out very well for us.
There are things you can do to help lessen the depreciation factor:
On the buy - Get a good price. We got our class C through RVDirect.com and saved a little under $10 k vs buying local.
On the sell - Take excellent care of your camper along the way. We completely cleaned all our units after every trip. We properly maintained them. All 3 sold to the first people who came to look at them.
Following that advice on our class C allowed us to own it for 2 half seasons & 4 full seasons with (IMO) very little depreciation hit.
We've bought all 3 of our campers new. The first 2 were pop ups & the last one was a class C. All 3 have worked out very well for us.
There are things you can do to help lessen the depreciation factor:
On the buy - Get a good price. We got our class C through RVDirect.com and saved a little under $10 k vs buying local.
On the sell - Take excellent care of your camper along the way. We completely cleaned all our units after every trip. We properly maintained them. All 3 sold to the first people who came to look at them.
Following that advice on our class C allowed us to own it for 2 half seasons & 4 full seasons with (IMO) very little depreciation hit.
