Hi there,
My partner and I are planning to take a year out to travel Morocco and Europe with our children next year. We've sold our house and our using some of the proceeds to finance the trip. We're planning to leave sometime in January...however as yet we still have no motorhome and know very little about the whole business! Reading here a little has already got me thinking about things we hadn't considered so I'm very glad I stumbled across you. So now for the endless questions...
Today we visited a dealer and looked at a whole range of motorhomes. Hearing of our thoughts to buy something cheap the salesman directed us towards a fairly old Autosleeper, Ford transit. I felt that it was small for our needs but it seemed solid and we liked the feel of it - it was around 15,000. I also looked at a very lovely, much newer Lunar Roadstar 6 berth that was around 26,000. We could afford something like this but only if we could sell it on after the year for not much less than we bought it for...still with me? So, the question is - would we be more likely to get a good resale value on a newer or an older motorhome or does it totally depend on the make/model etc. As we're taking children and going for a long time I feel that something newer and bigger may be safer/more reliable but we couldn't afford to lose much money on it as we'll need that cash to put a deposit on a new house!
All help and opinions gratefully received,
Selina
My partner and I are planning to take a year out to travel Morocco and Europe with our children next year. We've sold our house and our using some of the proceeds to finance the trip. We're planning to leave sometime in January...however as yet we still have no motorhome and know very little about the whole business! Reading here a little has already got me thinking about things we hadn't considered so I'm very glad I stumbled across you. So now for the endless questions...
Today we visited a dealer and looked at a whole range of motorhomes. Hearing of our thoughts to buy something cheap the salesman directed us towards a fairly old Autosleeper, Ford transit. I felt that it was small for our needs but it seemed solid and we liked the feel of it - it was around 15,000. I also looked at a very lovely, much newer Lunar Roadstar 6 berth that was around 26,000. We could afford something like this but only if we could sell it on after the year for not much less than we bought it for...still with me? So, the question is - would we be more likely to get a good resale value on a newer or an older motorhome or does it totally depend on the make/model etc. As we're taking children and going for a long time I feel that something newer and bigger may be safer/more reliable but we couldn't afford to lose much money on it as we'll need that cash to put a deposit on a new house!
All help and opinions gratefully received,
Selina