Buying Strategy (looking for opinions)

tragusa3 wrote:
We've been scouring the internet and local dealers since I made this post. Flip flopping our minds from day to day. Had a salesman from the local dealer say he would call when the right thing came in.

He called today saying it wasn't a perfect fit, but I needed to come see anyway. He just took a trade on a 2011 Tiffin Allegro 34TGA. The only owners were still in the office purchasing their new unit. They were 70'ish and downsizing. One owner, kept in storage, 9,900 miles and 39 hours on generator. Two year old tires. It is in better than "like new" condition. Nearly NO evidence of being used. The price offered to us was in line with what I've seen on RVtrader as comps.


I'll keep you posted.

This is how we bought our first class C. We had looked at all the local dealerships but we couldn't find a coach that we liked. A salesman said that he knew what we were looking to buy and he would call if he found one. A few weeks later he called and we went right down. He showed us a coach that had just been traded. It hadn't been cleaned.

The class C was owned by apple farmers. They used the coach in their fields as an office / bathroom facility. It was a Mobile Traveler.

Some time after our purchase I found dry rot over the drivers seat. The dry rot was covered by a thin plywood panel that was placed over the rotted area. I took it in to a repair facility and they made repaires. I learned later that Mobile Travelers were known for leaks. I removed and sealed nearly every fastener on the outside of the coach.

We owned that coach for 27 years and our family had a lot of memories in that coach. We were nearing retirement and my wife had been suggesting for several years that it was time for a new coach. As winter came to an end I went out to get the coach ready for another year. As I entered the coach I noticed that the ceiling was drooping. I went into our house and told my wife that it was time to shop for a new coach.

Safe travels. JD