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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I'm considering buying a smaller motorhome - 25-footer. ...
I'm not a good negotiator. Any advice on these points or others are appreciated.
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You don't sound like an older retired fella, so I'm gonna through a wrench at ya.
Why would you wanna own a motorhome unless you have and are prepared to spend a good chunk of your time motorhoming? It costs a small fortune to maintain, service, keep and store one for the winter. It is a pain in the butt to drive around due to size. Cheaper small motorhomes are not that comfortable. You are very limited to where you can park/camp overnight. For a normal working person/family, a 3-week vacation spent in a motorhome is plenty and it is cheaper to rent one once a year then to own one. I have a friend that owns a motorhome and has it parked in Vegas at some silly "luxury RV Resort" place for the past 5 years. So he flies there to stay at his motorhome instead of nice hotels. All of his vacations lately have been connected to that motorhome, because it's there, so he is bound to use it.
My older colleague's retirement dream was to sell all of his earthly possessions by the time he's 65 and spend the rest of his active years driving around North America in a big $300K RV, staying at RV campgrounds. I mean I could at least understand his motivations, as it has some purpose and justified use of investment.
You really need to ask yourself if the amount of your motorhome usage is commensurate with the corresponding costs and hassles of ownership.
*drops mic*