Travel Trailer vs. Motorhome (my situation)
I did a search in the Search box here for "travel trailer vs. motorhome" and it gets zero results. You can try it for yourself. I even tried "travel trailer motorhome". Nada. (that's Spanish for n...
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Jim
I've shopped used trailers (and motorhomes) online and I'm not seeing 5 year old units (my age choice) at less than half the new cost. They may be less than half the original MSRP, but the real "new cost" is typically about 70% of MSRP. Maybe if I could kick tires all over the US I would find what I want at half of original new cost, but I doubt it. On top of that I would have to pay someone to inspect them and walk away from them if they fail. And I have my father's advice in my head from when I was about 10 years old and he said "If you buy used you are buying someone else's problems." Still, if it was easy to find a lightly used RV at less than half the new cost, I would probably try it.
Steve
I've shopped used trailers (and motorhomes) online and I'm not seeing 5 year old units (my age choice) at less than half the new cost. They may be less than half the original MSRP, but the real "new cost" is typically about 70% of MSRP. Maybe if I could kick tires all over the US I would find what I want at half of original new cost, but I doubt it. On top of that I would have to pay someone to inspect them and walk away from them if they fail. And I have my father's advice in my head from when I was about 10 years old and he said "If you buy used you are buying someone else's problems." Still, if it was easy to find a lightly used RV at less than half the new cost, I would probably try it.
Steve
