Hi everyone,
After months of lurking on these forums, we are very excited to take the plunge and join the RV world.
We have found the above unit (2009 Four Winds Chateau 21 RB) which is the perfect floor plan for us and best suits the type of travelling that we like to do. Now all we have to do is determine what a fair price would be.
The RV is brand new, but has obviously been on the lot for a long time. The warranty hasn't been registered, so we will have the full factory warranty on both the chassis (which is a 2008, but we're told that's not a big deal) and the house. MSRP was $63,000 with all of the options included, but the dealer is saying that because those are US dollars, we have to consider that MSRP was closer to $70,000. NADA lists this unit between $39,720 and #47,850. Dealer says that CDN $54,000 is his bottom line.
Here are my questions:
1) is the NADA price in US dollars as well, and do we need to consider the fact that this is the used value and this rig is brand new?
2) what are the consequences of buying a brand new unit that is almost 2 model years old? Am I wrong in thinking that it's age should get us a better deal?
We've only negotiated for a purchase this big once before, and it turns out that we weren't so good at it because we didn't do our research. So I am now appealing to those of you have been down this road to give me some guidance.
Many thanks in advance, and apologies for such a long winded post!
After months of lurking on these forums, we are very excited to take the plunge and join the RV world.
We have found the above unit (2009 Four Winds Chateau 21 RB) which is the perfect floor plan for us and best suits the type of travelling that we like to do. Now all we have to do is determine what a fair price would be.
The RV is brand new, but has obviously been on the lot for a long time. The warranty hasn't been registered, so we will have the full factory warranty on both the chassis (which is a 2008, but we're told that's not a big deal) and the house. MSRP was $63,000 with all of the options included, but the dealer is saying that because those are US dollars, we have to consider that MSRP was closer to $70,000. NADA lists this unit between $39,720 and #47,850. Dealer says that CDN $54,000 is his bottom line.
Here are my questions:
1) is the NADA price in US dollars as well, and do we need to consider the fact that this is the used value and this rig is brand new?
2) what are the consequences of buying a brand new unit that is almost 2 model years old? Am I wrong in thinking that it's age should get us a better deal?
We've only negotiated for a purchase this big once before, and it turns out that we weren't so good at it because we didn't do our research. So I am now appealing to those of you have been down this road to give me some guidance.
Many thanks in advance, and apologies for such a long winded post!
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