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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Floridastorm wrote:
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 mechanical problem with the motor home out on the road?
Did you find out later that you paid too much for it?
We did not have immediate problems but we are glad we purchased extended insurance. We purchased the coach from a dealer and we did not get any maintenance records. We did have the coach inspected but without records, we decided that extended coverage would be a good idea. The extended coverage has more than paid for itself in the almost 5 years we have had it. We have had an air bag go out, a slide controller replaced, a HEUI pump went and the injectors had to be replaced with it.
Our biggest regret was not knowing that the paint checking would get worse even though we kept the coach under cover after we purchased it. We brought it back to Newmar to have the sidewalls replaced and repainted. That was the single most costly thing we have done to it.
DId we pay too much for it? Yes and no. We paid a good price when it comes to what the coach was worth, but not a good price when you consider the cost of replacing the sidewalls.
Do we enjoy our coach? Yes. We still have it and plan to keep it for many more years. We could not afford a new or close to new diesel pusher and our coach is great to travel in and live in. What has surprised us is that there is always something we need to do. Most of these somethings are small things like replacing light bulbs, recharging water softeners, etc. But if you follow the maintenance schedules of the chassis, motor, transmission and generator, there is a lot to keep up with. We do what we can but for many things, we go to the Freightliner shop.
We have talked often about the time and money it takes to keep the coach well maintained but we would not give up the wonderful trips we have taken. We would not have taken those trips without the coach and we have made and will continue to make incredible memories traveling in our RV.
