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rgatijnet1 wrote:blangen wrote:
Aside from the diesel preferred answers above (I'm in that camp, too), the other pertinent criteria is depreciation. That new gasser will lose the greatest percentage of value in the time it takes you to sign the paperwork. If you go high end diesel (as recommended immediately above... and I agree for several reasons), your percentage of lost value over a six year period will be MUCH less.
Is that what you told your wife? :B
I posted on here about my friends high end Prevost DP,that cost in excess of $1 million and now, after 20,000 miles and ten years, it MAY be worth 15%-20% of what it cost. For the 3/4 million that he lost in depreciation you could buy a few other coaches.
It is nice to talk percentages but the REAL facts are dollars and the amount of dollars that you may lose in depreciation from a new DP will far exceed the money that you may lose with a new gasser.
โNov-26-2013 10:29 AM
rgatijnet1 wrote:blangen wrote:
Aside from the diesel preferred answers above (I'm in that camp, too), the other pertinent criteria is depreciation. That new gasser will lose the greatest percentage of value in the time it takes you to sign the paperwork. If you go high end diesel (as recommended immediately above... and I agree for several reasons), your percentage of lost value over a six year period will be MUCH less.
Is that what you told your wife? :B
I posted on here about my friends high end Prevost DP,that cost in excess of $1 million and now, after 20,000 miles and ten years, it MAY be worth 15%-20% of what it cost. For the 3/4 million that he lost in depreciation you could buy a few other coaches.
It is nice to talk percentages but the REAL facts are dollars and the amount of dollars that you may lose in depreciation from a new DP will far exceed the money that you may lose with a new gasser.
โNov-26-2013 10:10 AM
blangen wrote:
Aside from the diesel preferred answers above (I'm in that camp, too), the other pertinent criteria is depreciation. That new gasser will lose the greatest percentage of value in the time it takes you to sign the paperwork. If you go high end diesel (as recommended immediately above... and I agree for several reasons), your percentage of lost value over a six year period will be MUCH less.
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Fishinghat wrote:
I normally would vote for the diesel, but in 6 years you will want to sell the coach and any potential buyer will probably want to finance the purchase. Most lending institutions don't want to finance anything over 10 years old.
Don't drive the diesel, since you'll fall in love with the ride and the quietness.