Advice on buying USED motorhome
Before I read ALL these great topics, I'm trying to find some advice that I may need to purchase a good USED Class A. I have been camping most my 57 years of life, from pup tent to 30' travel traile...
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We're looking for a used rig now. The '95 Monterey we have is too small and showing its age, but we bought it for short money just to make sure we wanted to do this. We made sure everything worked when we first looked at it. An added bonus was a private seller (from Craig's List) and he was really anal about maintaining the MH. In addition, it was maintained by the local RV service shop so I could pop in there and ask them about the rig. There were a couple of things jury-rigged which I fixed, but everything ran fine for the year we've had it. Seeing that you've been camping, you probably won't need to do the try-it-for-cheap thing.
What we're now looking for is something newer (1997-2002) for around $30k, somewhere in the 32-36 foot range, DP, levelers and maybe a slide out. We're looking seriously at pre-Monaco Safaris, early 2000 Monacos and Holiday Ramblers.
The reason we're looking at Safaris is the interior layout. It's roomy enough without a slider and I think a slider is just one more things to break. It's been said here several times to find the interior layout that will work for your type of RVing and then worry about the rest.
If you go diesel pusher, there are some magical years where emission handling techniques cause some additional concerns. I believe the EPA started screwing with DPs around 2002, so that's why we're not looking at anything newer. In addition, it'll be tough to find a decent rig newer than 2002 in our price range.
Finally, I found a few people who own or had owned Safaris on this forum to make sure I wasn't making a big mistake.
What we're now looking for is something newer (1997-2002) for around $30k, somewhere in the 32-36 foot range, DP, levelers and maybe a slide out. We're looking seriously at pre-Monaco Safaris, early 2000 Monacos and Holiday Ramblers.
The reason we're looking at Safaris is the interior layout. It's roomy enough without a slider and I think a slider is just one more things to break. It's been said here several times to find the interior layout that will work for your type of RVing and then worry about the rest.
If you go diesel pusher, there are some magical years where emission handling techniques cause some additional concerns. I believe the EPA started screwing with DPs around 2002, so that's why we're not looking at anything newer. In addition, it'll be tough to find a decent rig newer than 2002 in our price range.
Finally, I found a few people who own or had owned Safaris on this forum to make sure I wasn't making a big mistake.
