The old NEW vs USED debate

PatrickJM wrote:

Effy wrote:
I would imagine you can get the used one much cheaper than the advertised price. Units depreciate heavily once driven off the lot and it's pretty dramatic for the first few years until it starts to level off. In the case where it's a year old you can make huge savings. That said 28k miles is a LOT of miles for one year of use. Was it a rental? That's 500 miles a week! It's out of warranty and it's almost out of the factory Ford warranty of 3/36. If the mileage were half that (what I would consider the high side of normal) this would be a no brainer but that's a lot of miles for one year. Not that the Chassis and drive train can't offer another 100k trouble free miles, but it's an indication that it was used heavily in a very short time.

We agree the value of buying used but is 10k enough for that many miles??? We're thinking along the same lines as you. It's a 2016 so actually has 2 years of use. Apparently it was an older couple that traveled the country for a couple years and traded it in. it is a lot of miles for sure!! 20k difference would be a different story. Thanks so much!!!

No, 10k is not enough offset for those miles. Mileage is a killer in terms of Rv value. It makes less difference in cars but you try and sell that MH that's one model year old and it would be tough when there are likely many units of the same type on the market with far less miles for a comparable price. If you can't use the high miles to leverage a significant drop in price, then no, it's not worth it.