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nanewnanew

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Hi,

I'm new to the site.

I'm looking to buy a used Class C RV, about 25 feet in length. I was wondering if people could weigh in on the following topics:

1) Miles - How many is too many (or too few)? Would you rather have a 2015 with 125k or a 2005 with 40k, for example? I know things stay lubricated, functioning, etc when used, but should I stay clear of vehicles with 125 miles?

2) Make - I have been thinking only Winnebago for quality of workmanship but am feeling the sticker shock. My main fear is water leaks. What are some good makes? I know maintenance is hugely important, but for equally maintained vehicles, what are the best makes? I want slide outs (because they're cool).

3) Anything else you'd like me to know.

Our budget is 35k. My main priority is reliability and quality of manufacturing, don't need any bells/whistles.

Nanewnanew
 
Forgot to add. I'm looking at buying something used through an RV rental company, so the vehicles tend to have a lot of miles. My thinking is that these vehicles are generally well maintained. Would that be a correct assumption?

Nanewnanew
 
Forgot to add. I'm looking at buying something used through an RV rental company, so the vehicles tend to have a lot of miles. My thinking is that these vehicles are generally well maintained. Would that be a correct assumption?

Nanewnanew
My opinion is that the extra maintenance you *might* get from an RV rental company would be much less important than the extra wear and tear from idiots treating the RV poorly simply because they didn't own it. People are animals. Ask anyone that owns rental property. I would much rather try to find a low mileage used RV from an individual. It will be much easier to find a motivated seller buying from an individual than from a rental company too.
 
That makes sense, thank you. I can imagine someone gunning a rental up a big mountain pass. Brutal.

By the way, I am going to be traveling with my wife and our three little ones: a baby, 2 year old and 4 year old. We are going back and forth between a class C RV and a suburban + trailer pop up camper. I'm feeling nervous about the RV because of maintenance and quality versus the simplicity of the other set up. Any advice on making that decision?
 
My opinion is that the extra maintenance you *might* get from an RV rental company would be much less important than the extra wear and tear from idiots treating the RV poorly simply because they didn't own it. People are animals. Ask anyone that owns rental property. I would much rather try to find a low mileage used RV from an individual. It will be much easier to find a motivated seller buying from an individual than from a rental company too.
Agree
 
I’ll be watching this post - we also are weighing age vs mileage.
 
We started looking for an RV over a year ago, mostly online. We looked at the Cruise America refurbished units and a couple of non-refurbished units. They were $30,000 to $45,000 but all had over 100,000 miles on them. The refurbished units looked pretty good, but we (the wife) wouldn't go for such high mileage.
 
Hello nanewnanew. Something crazy is happening in the RV world right now as we type. Sales are through the roof. People are buying these things like crazy. What that means for you is if you are not in a hurry to purchase this Covid BS will hopefully die down soon. A lot of people are not going to enjoy their motorhomes as much as they thought. I believe in a year or so people with be dumping these like crazy and causing the used market to be really low priced. However, I could be very wrong.
All that being said, I would try to stay with a vehicle as new as possible. Some RV parks restrict vehicles over 10 yrs old unless you can show yours in really nice condition. Good luck to you.
 
Forgot to add. I'm looking at buying something used through an RV rental company, so the vehicles tend to have a lot of miles. My thinking is that these vehicles are generally well maintained. Would that be a correct assumption?

Nanewnanew
FYI. Want to point out that you can EDIT your original post and any follow up posts you make. Better than doing an add...
 

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