Old versus New
I currently enjoy a 1996 990 Legend, I must say, a Legend it has been... As the years and miles have past, so has its overall condition. Every appliance works, the unit itself needs TLC to include ...
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Ahhh... the age old question: old vs new.
In our case the old camper kept springing leaks no matter how often we inspected and resealed it - each season we'd find something new. Then there was that front window that they used to put in them - while a nice feature it was more of a PITA than "nice to have".
While everything still worked in the end we thought we'd never be rid of the musty+mold smell from the leaks, we were loosing confidence in navigating the steps in/out and lastly we were unsure how much longer we'd be willing to make the climb into the sleeping area of the old non-basement model. (besides we really wanted face-2-face booth seating)
The "book" on the old one was a mere ~$2000 in perfect condition, we got a small fraction of that on 'trade in'. The markup on new RV's is astronomical and great savings can be had on units a few or more years old. While we were unable to find a used unit to our liking and realize any savings, we are more than happy with our choice of replacement.
In our case the old camper kept springing leaks no matter how often we inspected and resealed it - each season we'd find something new. Then there was that front window that they used to put in them - while a nice feature it was more of a PITA than "nice to have".
While everything still worked in the end we thought we'd never be rid of the musty+mold smell from the leaks, we were loosing confidence in navigating the steps in/out and lastly we were unsure how much longer we'd be willing to make the climb into the sleeping area of the old non-basement model. (besides we really wanted face-2-face booth seating)
The "book" on the old one was a mere ~$2000 in perfect condition, we got a small fraction of that on 'trade in'. The markup on new RV's is astronomical and great savings can be had on units a few or more years old. While we were unable to find a used unit to our liking and realize any savings, we are more than happy with our choice of replacement.
