Buying first camper. Few simple questions...
Found the forum last night and read till 0300. Great info and community here. Wife and I got 9 month old son and 18 month old German Shepherd. All of a sudden, tent camping is losing its luster. Think...
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You may want to attend an RV Show too. There is a pretty nice one up in Greensboro, though it may have already passed. I think you can google "RV Shows", to find when the next one is going to happen in our area.
On of the other advantages of getting an RV that is a couple of years old, aside from the savings in money, is that for the most part, the problems have been found and repaired. It seems like all the new ones are going to have some problems:(. Sure, you've got a warranty, but what good is that, when the RV is sitting at the Service Dept., when you want to be out camping in it. There have been many posts about people how had the RV in the shop for most of the summer.....so getting one that has had those things fixed already may be worth it.
You will probably notice, there are really only a few floorplans. Everyone has the same basic lay-out. When we looked for our MH, we went to the Greensboro show, and found one we liked.....and then found one that was about 5-6 years old with the exact same floorplan....and about $50K less expensive. Also, at least in our case, we got quite a few extras with the RV that the previous owner had installed, so we saved on that too!
On of the other advantages of getting an RV that is a couple of years old, aside from the savings in money, is that for the most part, the problems have been found and repaired. It seems like all the new ones are going to have some problems:(. Sure, you've got a warranty, but what good is that, when the RV is sitting at the Service Dept., when you want to be out camping in it. There have been many posts about people how had the RV in the shop for most of the summer.....so getting one that has had those things fixed already may be worth it.
You will probably notice, there are really only a few floorplans. Everyone has the same basic lay-out. When we looked for our MH, we went to the Greensboro show, and found one we liked.....and then found one that was about 5-6 years old with the exact same floorplan....and about $50K less expensive. Also, at least in our case, we got quite a few extras with the RV that the previous owner had installed, so we saved on that too!
