Have the values dropped even more on older birds?

[Tom Warner]

John I think you may not be making a fair comparison and you may be
comparing apples to oranges.

When you compare two coaches make sure they are in the same condition with
the same upgrades etc. Coaches that are completely rust free are worth more
then ones with rust. Coaches that have had regular maintenance are worth
more then those without documentation of some sort. Etc.

I am seeing FC models on the market now, some of them with honest
descriptions that say it needs carpet, tears in the seats, original etc
etc. Here is a 1983 FC35 for instance with a starting price of $35K on
ebay 4563800685. I am not seeing decent coaches in the mid $20s.

If the coach has new dinette upholstery done professionally, new carpet,
new refrigerator, new tires, new brakes, and everything checks out and is
in good mechanical condition and EVERYTHING works I would pay more for it
then one that has sat for a few years and has no upgrades and has A/C that
does not work etc. Depends on how mechanically challenged you are.

In my opinion the coach you have if you do some work on it will be worth
what you paid for it and maybe even a little more. I said sometime ago that
I believe the FC models may go up in price if the diesel fuel prices etc go
up, and they have. They are the most economical to own and run. Dont get
discouraged you picked a nice coach. I have a 210HP NA Cat also, its a
snail on the hills but runs like a top and starts instantly. And the PTs
are envious of our fuel mileage. They wont admit it though

tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY





At 06:00 PM 7/27/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>When we bought our '80 35FC last spring, we thought we got a pretty
>good deal on it in comparison with much of the market for that
>vintage. One of the reasons we got it was we figured that we would
>have to realize very little further depreciation on a 1980 and at
>that time, it seemed that there were only a few in the country of
>any age that were under the $30k mark. Quite a few over 30k were
>even older than ours. We were confident that once ours was paid
>off, we could sell it and roll that equity into a much upgraded bus
>and keep the same payment range. Our goal was to keep doing this
>until we were ready to fulltime it and would have an animal of a
>practically new one almost paid for.
>
>Anyway, I was looking today at birds on autotrader and it seems that
>the market has dropped even more. I found WAY more than I expected
>in the mid-20k range. It kind of bums me out.
>
>Is this the case or is the differences I think I see due to a
>seasonal pricing difference since I bought in the Spring, and we're
>currently seeing Summer pricing with a higher supply of available
>birds driving the prices down?
>
>Any thoughts?? What gives?
>
>John
>1980 Wanderlodge 35FC
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