Buying used from a rental company-process ?s
Yes, I've read the voluminous thread on WHY to buy a used C from the rental place. We're persuaded that this is the right option for our budget and needs. So what I don't know--the truck camper was...
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soren wrote:
I guess we have greatly differing definitions of what a "great deal" is. Have rented a class C from them in the past, anything above scrap price for a Cruise America rig, IMHO, would not be a great deal.
There were three 28R models on the Cruise America lot when I bought mine in 2011. I chose what I felt was the best of the 3 and have been very pleased with it ever since. Just because you had rented what may have been a poorly maintained RV does not mean that all former rental RVs are beat-up wrecks.
This coming October will be the start of my 3rd winter FTing in it here in the Pacific Northwest. I have no slide toppers to deal with, no slide motors to fail, no stabilizers to jam or fail, no external stairs to get stuck or buckle under my fat backside. There's a difference between well appointed and well built. Mine is not well appointed. It is well built AND designed for ease of maintenance - a feature that I like. Every RV tech that has worked on my MH has been amazed that a rental MH would have a slide-out generator. Mine does. My 'basic' RV with no artic package holds its own with every other RV here in western WA. The only thing I needed to do was buy a good pair of warm slippers for the winter. For some people, less is more.
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