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LadyRVer
Explorer II
Nov 08, 2020

Slide problem on possible purchase

I looked at a 2004 Winnebago Chalet Model 30BR today at a dealership. The owner said there is a problem with the slide, it will only go out so far and stops. His tech has tried to trace down the problem, but cannot find it and actually with all the other work lined up, dealer cannot let tech spend a lot of time on it.

My question is if I would go ahead with this purchase on an "as is" sale, could this be a real costly situation to get into?

I can think of a few things it could be, but I myself do not have the capability to fix anything like that.

Thoughts?
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    BFL13
    Explorer II
    Nov 08, 2020
    LadyRVer wrote:
    I looked at a 2004 Winnebago Chalet Model 30BR today at a dealership. The owner said there is a problem with the slide, it will only go out so far and stops. His tech has tried to trace down the problem, but cannot find it and actually with all the other work lined up, dealer cannot let tech spend a lot of time on it.

    My question is if I would go ahead with this purchase on an "as is" sale, could this be a real costly situation to get into?

    I can think of a few things it could be, but I myself do not have the capability to fix anything like that.

    Thoughts?


    Time is money. You have no way to know how much time at $X/hr it would take to fix it, VS the discount for the possible cost off the purchase price.

    So it is a total gamble. Why take the chance? "There is more than one pebble on the beach" and all that.

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