RV Manufacture warranty
My wife and I are looking at going from a Class A motor home to a travel trailer. It's been a while since we purchased an RV. I was reading Forest Rivers web sight and was concerned with their war...
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JDsdogs wrote:
Hey All, thanks for the input. It certainly provided food for thought.
I have done all the repairs on our 2000 Motor Home, with the exception the loss of a wheel bearing in Louisville KY. A mobile service took care of us and at a fair price. I could have done that too, except I did not carry the necessary tools to complete the repair. I'm not getting any younger and probably should no longer be doing the heavy stuff anyway.
Leaning hard toward a used unit now.
Has anyone compiled a directory of mobil RV repair services available across the nation? Does Good Sam
have a list of providers that they recommend if you break down?
Yeah, I know. I have more questions than a 4 yr old on a sugar high. :-D
But you sound like the type of person who can handle this, which is good. More capable and knowledgeable than many.
While I/we could buy new for large purchases, I generally subscribe to the buy used theory like you said in your first post.
Now, someone HAS to buy new or there won't be a used rig for you to buy, but there's no danger in that happening....human nature for many to "have" to have new.
It's really a question of both real and perceived "value" combined with a bit of personal quirks, like those that couldn't possibly buy a used RV because someone else slept in the bed or used the toilet, lol.
Either way, my reasons for buying new wouldn't revolve around having a warranty (for a year or maybe 2?). Mostly for reasons Dedmiston said. If it's less time, effort and aggravation to fix a warrantable item myself, I'll fix it myself.
