| Re: Key Questions to ask the seller: Hot on the trail for a 1974 Eleganza [message #367421 is a reply to message #367420] |
Sat, 30 October 2021 22:57   |
dsmithy
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Lincoln Nebraska
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boybach wrote on Sat, 30 October 2021 18:48My coach was represented as "only needing a little bit of carpet" ..I am still to find that "bit of carpet" needed, but everything else in the house systems was needing something!
You may as well just buy it if it's as immaculate as you say - just deal with the little things that crop up as time goes by.
Whatever questions you ask, you aren't REALLY going to know what the answers mean til you own one, so just plop down the cash and be done with it. 
Larry
Larry,
For the most part I agree with you, and I think your advice is good. But I have been active in several CMC transactions and I've observed what is I think a common tendency.
I would quote Richard in a wise previous post:
"Please be aware that GMC owners frequently age out of ownership, they don't sell willingly (they'll be prying mine out of my cold dead hands)"
I have owned my coach for 25 years and it is a beloved member of our family. I have also put thousands (and more thousands) of dollars in it to update it. I struggle to remember its actual value in the current market. If the owner asking $32K isn't currently active in the GMC community they may well be pricing their coach based on their investment, sentiment and ignorance of the current market. The current market for RV's is white hot. But it is an entirely different buyer interested in a 45 year old vehicle and its maintenance.
It's just my opinion but I think the $32K coach should be road-ready and current with ethanol capable fuel system and alloy wheels with new tires. On your average used car lot "pristine" is worth several thousand dollars premium, but for a GMC Motorhome, it's what's unseen that will cost you and very possibly bite you. I would carefully balance that relatively high purchase price with the condition/quality of the running gear and would inspect the vehicle accordingly.
Just my opinion,
Doug
Douglas & Virginia Smith,
dsmithy18 at gmail,
Lincoln Nebraska,
’73 “Sequoia” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy wheels/Sundry other
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