- Feb 24, 2013
- 13,088
- 101,493
- Funster No
- 24,833
- MH
- Hymer S800
- Exp
- not long enough
I know more than most that owning a used motorhome outside of warranty can be expensive
When it comes to cars I rarely keep any car after the three year warranty period ends, I have been caught in the past with expensive repairs
We saw our current MH for sale privately and fell I love with it, blinkered by the rush of blood I ignored my normal concerns about warranty and bought it
But the MH we now own was list price £135K in 2007 , we could never have afforded or justified that much money, but it was registered in 2009 and we presume the buyer got some discount, we don't know what they paid, but we paid £68K in Feb 2013, even if the first buyer got it for £100K they then lost £32K and only did 2200 miles in their 3 year ownership
Based on this we got quite a bargain, so the £7/8K or so we have spent on what might have been warranty if newer has more than been covered by the saving
However, in reality, we invested slightly more than we ever planned to when we bought it, then added 'extras' that we felt we needed, so were basically skint, luckily it behaved near perfectly for 2 years giving us time to save up for these repairs
so back to my question, maybe a survey would be interesting but I don't know how , do most of us worry about no warranty when buying used, or do most of you buy new or nearly new to be safe?
When it comes to cars I rarely keep any car after the three year warranty period ends, I have been caught in the past with expensive repairs
We saw our current MH for sale privately and fell I love with it, blinkered by the rush of blood I ignored my normal concerns about warranty and bought it
But the MH we now own was list price £135K in 2007 , we could never have afforded or justified that much money, but it was registered in 2009 and we presume the buyer got some discount, we don't know what they paid, but we paid £68K in Feb 2013, even if the first buyer got it for £100K they then lost £32K and only did 2200 miles in their 3 year ownership
Based on this we got quite a bargain, so the £7/8K or so we have spent on what might have been warranty if newer has more than been covered by the saving
However, in reality, we invested slightly more than we ever planned to when we bought it, then added 'extras' that we felt we needed, so were basically skint, luckily it behaved near perfectly for 2 years giving us time to save up for these repairs
so back to my question, maybe a survey would be interesting but I don't know how , do most of us worry about no warranty when buying used, or do most of you buy new or nearly new to be safe?