Not a current model - should I care?
How important is it to get a model that is still being made. For example I saw a Fleetwood Caribou but could find little information about it since Fleetwood only keeps manuals for their travel tra...
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Okay here is what I think about buying anything used. If you are buying anything that is listed as used and does not have a sellers warranty (from the RV dealer you are buying from) you are buying as is where is and whether the manufacturer is in business or not makes zero difference. The fact that some manufacturers help out the second or third owners is great and they should be commended for that, but honestly they have no responsibility to do anything.
As for electrical or plumbing schematics GOOD luck with that. It seems that RV's have zero consistency from one unit to the next, have seen some big name units that wires run one way in one and different in another unit. That is why one unit will have a door that pinches a wire and the next unit the wires are put out of the way. I have been told many stories about why that is "things shift in an RV", "different features require different routes for services", etc. Honestly this happens in homes as well as other buildings, even with schematics things are put in a little different in each one. The good news is that with an RV you are dealing with a small unit and it is easy to trace and follow things yourself.
If you want support from the manufacturer buy new, but honestly most repairs will be easy enough to look after yourself if you are even just a little handy. So you can save the cost of a new unit and look after the repairs using the money that you saved and be way ahead!
As for electrical or plumbing schematics GOOD luck with that. It seems that RV's have zero consistency from one unit to the next, have seen some big name units that wires run one way in one and different in another unit. That is why one unit will have a door that pinches a wire and the next unit the wires are put out of the way. I have been told many stories about why that is "things shift in an RV", "different features require different routes for services", etc. Honestly this happens in homes as well as other buildings, even with schematics things are put in a little different in each one. The good news is that with an RV you are dealing with a small unit and it is easy to trace and follow things yourself.
If you want support from the manufacturer buy new, but honestly most repairs will be easy enough to look after yourself if you are even just a little handy. So you can save the cost of a new unit and look after the repairs using the money that you saved and be way ahead!
