11-28-2017, 10:32 PM
Dan
Soft advice here... but I recommend holding back some of your “budget” for first year repairs, upgrades, and or modifications. There’s no hard rule on how much or percentage but you don’t want to blow your entire budget and then have a major repair a month or two later. Or maybe your wife hates the carpet or whatever. That way you’ve already prepared mentally and financially. I think 10% of price is a good reserve but that can certainly vary based on many variables.
Lots of times, sellers of coaches are selling because they aren’t using the coach as much as they used to and often don’t maintain it or fix things in good time. Doesn’t mean they are bad coaches just that the first year may have unforeseen issues.
Soft advice here... but I recommend holding back some of your “budget” for first year repairs, upgrades, and or modifications. There’s no hard rule on how much or percentage but you don’t want to blow your entire budget and then have a major repair a month or two later. Or maybe your wife hates the carpet or whatever. That way you’ve already prepared mentally and financially. I think 10% of price is a good reserve but that can certainly vary based on many variables.
Lots of times, sellers of coaches are selling because they aren’t using the coach as much as they used to and often don’t maintain it or fix things in good time. Doesn’t mean they are bad coaches just that the first year may have unforeseen issues.
Jason
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Previous owner of 2013 #1472
Previous 2003 #665 triple slide
1 wife
2 kids
Lots of stuff