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Danpaine
Explorer
May 09, 2018

Anyone out there adhere to the "new rig every six year rule?

Hi, Everybody. When my wife and I bought our then-new Class C at an RV Show in 2016, lots of people we spoke to talked about the 'six-year rule,' in that when you buy new, after six years it's custom...
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jplante4
Explorer II
May 10, 2018
I'm not sure a properly maintained RV will ever be worth zero. I bought my first gasser for $12.5 and put about $5k into it over the 2 years I owned it. The next owner bought it for $13k and put something into it (I know because he called me for help on a couple of things) and it's on CL for $14.5k now. We're talking a 1995 P30 chassis beach buggy here.

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