When you first bought your used motor home
What immediate problems did you have with it? Did you buy it from a dealer or privately? Did you have it inspected by a mechanic prior to purchase? What seems to be your most frequent mechan...
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Bought a 2005 Fleetwood Excursion 39S DP in 2011.
Bought it off of CL from a private seller, we were in Alaska and the seller was in Colorado.
Did not have it inspected, but the owner probably used 200 pictures to answer all of my questions. Everything was as expected when we got there. He took four hours to demonstrate and go over everything. We took it for a test drive, he filled the tank with 100 gal of diesel and we were on our way. As part of the inspection the refer was already running and he had put water and snacks in it since he knew we planned to leave right away.
I should note that I also bought a TT later. Because the seller sounded like he was rather clueless, I did have it inspected which was a total waste of money. Again, thanks to a lot of pictures I knew more than the inspector did about the condition of the TT. It was as I expected when I got to Idaho to finalize the sale.
On the DP the seller and pictures disclosed that the seals had failed in several of the double pane windows which was considered in the price. We later changed all off the windows and frames out for new reflecting double pane windows with a lifetime warranty.
The only failure in five years and 30,000 miles has been the engine alternator. The warranty the previous owner transferred to us çovered it.
Bill
Bought it off of CL from a private seller, we were in Alaska and the seller was in Colorado.
Did not have it inspected, but the owner probably used 200 pictures to answer all of my questions. Everything was as expected when we got there. He took four hours to demonstrate and go over everything. We took it for a test drive, he filled the tank with 100 gal of diesel and we were on our way. As part of the inspection the refer was already running and he had put water and snacks in it since he knew we planned to leave right away.
I should note that I also bought a TT later. Because the seller sounded like he was rather clueless, I did have it inspected which was a total waste of money. Again, thanks to a lot of pictures I knew more than the inspector did about the condition of the TT. It was as I expected when I got to Idaho to finalize the sale.
On the DP the seller and pictures disclosed that the seals had failed in several of the double pane windows which was considered in the price. We later changed all off the windows and frames out for new reflecting double pane windows with a lifetime warranty.
The only failure in five years and 30,000 miles has been the engine alternator. The warranty the previous owner transferred to us çovered it.
Bill
