Should we even be looking at Old Birds?

[David Brady]

Anyone interested in an older (read cheap) wanderlodge would do

well reading Andy Coleman's recent account of engine failure in an

'83 FC 35. While engine failure can happen to any of us, it takes on

a whole new dimension when the price of a repair exceeds the value

of the coach. Search for post number: 27270.



David Brady

'02 LXi, NC



Ryan Wright wrote:

Run away from this. Buy something that does not need any work.
Even if

you have to increase your budget to do it. Believe me, the more

expensive coach that needs nothing is cheaper than the cheap one that

needs a lot. A $10k coach is not a bargain if you have to spend 1,000

hours of your life and $30k on top of what you paid to make it nice

again, when you could have bought a perfect coach for $30k to begin

with. Most people will quickly lose interest and come to hate their

coach if they buy a junker.



Based on your background, you and I are extremely alike. Close in age

and we do the same thing for a living. I highly doubt you will be

happy with anything less than a good, ready to roll coach that needs

nothing. I know your wife will appreciate it. Wives don't generally

like being repeatedly stranded on the side of the road with two little

ones while you try to fix x, y or z yet again, or having vacation

plans canceled because something else is broken, and watching their

monthly budget being constantly affected by parts for the coach. A

coach that needs a lot of work will have had little maintenance and

really is a recipe for disaster.



-Ryan

'86 PT-40 8V92



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>

> I work in IT with computers for a living, and have done nearly
every

> type of work around the house and my RV, with only limited
mechanical

> work.

>

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