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We're a newly retired couple thinking about purchasing our first rv and wondering what to get. We don't want to start out with the gigantic brand new model, but are looking at something gently used an...
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We started out with an older (1988), 26' Class C. It was an odd layout, but we weren't clued in to how awkward it would be. It had a Ford 460 engine with a 2-barrel carb and enough smog gear to keep the USS Enterprise clean! Six mpg at sea-level dropped to 4.3 or so at altitude. Everywhere we went involved altitude. After half a season, we dumped it.
We moved up a couple of years later (early 2010) to a 2002 Georgetown 32' Class A with living room and bedroom slides. We bought it from the original owners who had put 12,000 miles on it in 8 years. It needed new tires - they were the OEM set and were 9 years old, based on the chassis build date. It was a pretty good rig - the only other gotcha was the fridge, which died the day before we were leaving on a 3-week trip. $1700 to replace it and 3 weeks buying ice every day! We must have been to every Fred Meyer store between Astoria and Brookings, buying ice!
It was a good size for just DW and I and two Labradors and we enjoyed using it regularly, since we were already retired.
Gas started out at around $2.00 when we first got the rig, so 8 mpg was manageable. Four years later it was $4.50 in the small towns we frequented on the WA and OR coast. Reluctantly, we sold it at a substantial loss from our initial purchase price and retired from the hobby.
We moved up a couple of years later (early 2010) to a 2002 Georgetown 32' Class A with living room and bedroom slides. We bought it from the original owners who had put 12,000 miles on it in 8 years. It needed new tires - they were the OEM set and were 9 years old, based on the chassis build date. It was a pretty good rig - the only other gotcha was the fridge, which died the day before we were leaving on a 3-week trip. $1700 to replace it and 3 weeks buying ice every day! We must have been to every Fred Meyer store between Astoria and Brookings, buying ice!
It was a good size for just DW and I and two Labradors and we enjoyed using it regularly, since we were already retired.
Gas started out at around $2.00 when we first got the rig, so 8 mpg was manageable. Four years later it was $4.50 in the small towns we frequented on the WA and OR coast. Reluctantly, we sold it at a substantial loss from our initial purchase price and retired from the hobby.
