Based on what I've seen out there you can get a really nice used DP for $70k. But the real answer to your question is it all depends on what you want. I personally have a DP that I bought when I was about 44 I think it was. we have used it since then on mostly shorter trips within 500 miles from home. We did one long half-way across the country and back trip in two weeks. Looking back, I probably didn't need a DP. I probably would have been better off with a travel trailer. But I didn't have a need for and I didn't want a big pickup as a daily driver. So we got the DP. I'm retired now but the wife isn't so we still mostly use it for shorter trips.