When is used not used enough?
I assume any used RV saves you the depreciation hit (correct me if I'm wrong), but how many miles is enough to figure that most of the bugs are worked out? If there's a prior year model available used but it's only got 1000 miles, vs a prior year that has 3000 or 5000 or 8000, which is the best bet? Obviously, I know it's not a clear cut answer, but what are your thoughts in general?
I've been searching on here alot over the past couple years even if I haven't been posting and I've been researching for years. We're finally ready to make the leap sometime in the next 6 months.
I've run the gamit from A to B to travel trailer and checked out every major manufacturer and their floorplans. About a year ago I figured I had to find one limiting factor and settled on Winnebago. They, and their reputation, have been a constant since I was a kid and, when I showed my husband one of their factory/manufactering YouTube videos, he really liked what he saw about their product.
We went and saw a local, used Vista 30T the other day and the floorplan is perfect for us. I've found one year old models with anywhere between 1500-8000 miles, a three year with 25,000 miles and a 6 year old model with 9,000 miles. It's such a wide range and I don't know how to factor that into the equation.
Again, I know all things are relative, but as far as these two factors of age and mileage are considered, any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
I assume any used RV saves you the depreciation hit (correct me if I'm wrong), but how many miles is enough to figure that most of the bugs are worked out? If there's a prior year model available used but it's only got 1000 miles, vs a prior year that has 3000 or 5000 or 8000, which is the best bet? Obviously, I know it's not a clear cut answer, but what are your thoughts in general?
I've been searching on here alot over the past couple years even if I haven't been posting and I've been researching for years. We're finally ready to make the leap sometime in the next 6 months.
I've run the gamit from A to B to travel trailer and checked out every major manufacturer and their floorplans. About a year ago I figured I had to find one limiting factor and settled on Winnebago. They, and their reputation, have been a constant since I was a kid and, when I showed my husband one of their factory/manufactering YouTube videos, he really liked what he saw about their product.
We went and saw a local, used Vista 30T the other day and the floorplan is perfect for us. I've found one year old models with anywhere between 1500-8000 miles, a three year with 25,000 miles and a 6 year old model with 9,000 miles. It's such a wide range and I don't know how to factor that into the equation.
Again, I know all things are relative, but as far as these two factors of age and mileage are considered, any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.