08-29-2014, 08:14 AM
Harry,
I think you already knew what kind of answer you would get from this crowd. Ask a fireman to open a locked door and he will use an ax, ask a locksmith and you get a different result.
Everything above still boils down to the basics of motorhoming. One, things break. You or someone else will work on it. The frustration level depends upon your skill, the support mechanisms in place, and one's tolerance level for unplanned events. Two, they depreciate. They are not investments. Three, you can put lipstick on a pig. Buying new is no guarantee of less trouble. It just looks pretty. Clean carpet, no furniture scuffs, and clean engine bay.
You found us here because we found that the bones of the coaches we purchased were sound enough and the original design was functional enough to warrant us putting the effort into keeping them on the road.
What "NEW" coach would I buy for half mill? Well it would be "NEW" to me. It would be one of two. A 98 to 2002 two slide for around 200 and buy coach pimping items, diesel, and nice camp sites for the leftover 300, or step up to a steerable tag in the 400 range and use the change for diesel. I wouldn't turn my nose up at a Prevost in the same ballpark.
I think you already knew what kind of answer you would get from this crowd. Ask a fireman to open a locked door and he will use an ax, ask a locksmith and you get a different result.
Everything above still boils down to the basics of motorhoming. One, things break. You or someone else will work on it. The frustration level depends upon your skill, the support mechanisms in place, and one's tolerance level for unplanned events. Two, they depreciate. They are not investments. Three, you can put lipstick on a pig. Buying new is no guarantee of less trouble. It just looks pretty. Clean carpet, no furniture scuffs, and clean engine bay.
You found us here because we found that the bones of the coaches we purchased were sound enough and the original design was functional enough to warrant us putting the effort into keeping them on the road.
What "NEW" coach would I buy for half mill? Well it would be "NEW" to me. It would be one of two. A 98 to 2002 two slide for around 200 and buy coach pimping items, diesel, and nice camp sites for the leftover 300, or step up to a steerable tag in the 400 range and use the change for diesel. I wouldn't turn my nose up at a Prevost in the same ballpark.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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