It's always something

JCat wrote:
MY RV is 11 years old this year.
Only has 58,000 miles on it.

But this year it seems like I spent a fortune maintaining it and upgrading it.

Here is what I did:
Replaced 2 existing AC units $3000
Added a 3rd AC unit $2000
Replace engine batteries $250
Replace house batteries gel cell $1100
Fixed oil leak and changed oil $500
Replaced coolant $100
Fixed drawer slides $250
Replaced slideout Awning $300
Replaced in dash GPS with XM/FM/Ipod Radio - $500
Replaced front tires - $1500 (michelin)

$9500 total that I can recall, I am sure there were other things as well.

I hope next year will be better

Still better than spending for and starting all over again on another one. They all need something or the other from time to time and it doesn't seem to make much difference with the newness or not. At least like the most of us, you don't need another hobby with owning a motor coach.
I'm always fixing a modifying on ours too, but so far, haven't got into any really heavy costs. Has to be forth coming though with the original fridge and ac's, just for beginners.
Rig has better than 90K miles on it and must say it's been a good coach, considering that it was 9 years old, when we got it, with 46K miles on it then.