How do folks afford motorhomes

[Vipar]

It got us away from “how long a hose do I need” and not a toilet mentioned

 

[AlunandFelicie]

Did someone mention a toilet

 

[ED O'DARAC]

Motorhomes hold their money so strongly, it is better than money in the bank as , instead of a tiny interest pot, you get life-enhancing experiences.
We couldn't be without ours, but we started older and German (Dethleffs) with weird purple upholstery and built up to newer.

The question that shocks me is 'how do people afford expensive cars' as they depreciate like they are falling off a cliff!

 

[Coolcats]

Did someone mention a toilet

Some have gold plated ones

 

[chaser]

Motorhomes hold their money so strongly, it is better than money in the bank as , instead of a tiny interest pot, you get life-enhancing experiences.
We couldn't be without ours, but we started older and German (Dethleffs) with weird purple upholstery and built up to newer.

The question that shocks me is 'how do people afford expensive cars' as they depreciate like they are falling off a cliff!

You see, again that was not my point.
Ok anyone can get loans or put all your savings into a hundred grand motorhome, but then does that leave you with enough to suddenly have to find another 11 grand on a new engine out of the blue.
What do you do , sell half your motorhome like you could draw it out of normal savings.?

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[Coolcats]

The question that shocks me is 'how do people afford expensive cars' as they depreciate like they are falling off a cliff!

Some hold their money better than others and some are more expensive today than when new. But in general terms I agree with you

 

[Jamesh]

Ran away with the kids inheritance..

I reckon most on here are SKIing

Spending the Kids Inheritance.....!

 

[Coolcats]

I reckon most on here are SKIing

Spending the Kids Inheritance.....!

We don’t have any kids so we will spend what they may have got on ourselves (even treated ourselves to our own Easter egg)

 

[599]

we was lucky buying & selling houses our best buy in 1991 was a French farm house for 75.000 ff ( £7.500 ) & sold it in 2008 for 200.00 euros

 

[Spriddler]

It got us away from “how long a hose do I need” and not a toilet mentioned

By having a motorhome I actually save money as I don't have to buy a coffee at a caff to use their toilet.

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[PrettyandFluffy]

I wasn't meaning our motorhome's a shed, it isn't! It's an older but decent Dethleffs. I have only bought one new car and it isn't worth the angst when someone dings it or you get a chip on the paintwork, I'd rather have a looked-after nearly new one for less money and less stress. Same applies here.

 

[PrettyandFluffy]

I wasn't meaning our motorhome's a shed, it isn't! It's an older but decent Dethleffs. I have only bought one new car and it isn't worth the angst when someone dings it or you get a chip on the paintwork, I'd rather have a looked-after nearly new one for less money and less stress. Same applies here.

 

[DerryW]

Ran away with the kids inheritance..

We had something similar on the rear of our previous Moho. See just above the off side rear light. used to get the odd chuckle as people walk past.

 

[MacroMad]

I know many millionaires never spend there own money buying houses, yachts etc. They use other peoples money i.e. credit! Common sense, never lose your capital asset... You think Clarkson and the like own everything outright? think again.

I dont know what Clarkson owns, dont care really but i like the fact that i dont owe anyone anything, I cant even get a mobile phone contract because my credit rating is too low.
That's what you get for never buying anything on credit.

 

[MacroMad]

I am just at the stage where I wish had never posted now, I wasn't asking folks how much money they had got or how they had got it , I just asking how they suddenly found 11 grand out of the blue to fund something that a minute before they hadn't a clue it was coming and sympathizeing with them, but it seems to be chicken feed to some so obviously I am wrong.
Up until I sold up and retired I hadn't seen anywhere near that sort of spare money and even now I couldn't find it for repairs.

As has been stated above, you did ask how we could afford 100-150k motorhomes, we have just been explaining how we can afford them.
And yes we are proud of what we have achieved, especially when what we built was built from scratch.
It's not everyone that gets an opportunity to make money, some folk get dealt a real shitty hand in life and will never be able to travel to where a lot of us have been to. We should not forget that.
The last 2 years have shown me that ordinary salt of the earth folk who own just what they stand up in can rally around to perform some social good for others who cannot help themselves, it was not the govt who stepped up to provide food banks and deliver food to those confined to their homes, it was Christians, Muslims, Atheist's, just ordinary folk.
Those ordinary folk have my respect and are more than my equal, my relative wealth in no way makes me better than them.
Our respective MP's would get a lot more votes if they could show us they were more socially aware.

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[Langtoftlad]

I don't understand the confusion - some folk are rich.
It's not rocket science.


As long as you only spend what you can afford, everything is fine.

 

[Peter and Julie]

I don't understand the confusion - some folk are rich.
It's not rocket science.


As long as you only spend what you can afford, everything is fine.

 

[nicholsong]

Come on Peter and Julie.

You quoted Stephen Langtoftlad. Say what you want to say.

 

[Peter and Julie]

Come on Peter and Julie.

You quoted Stephen Langtoftlad. Say what you want to say.

I really could only quote macromad's post. Says it all!

 

[Jamesh]

I don't understand the confusion - some folk are rich.
It's not rocket science.


As long as you only spend what you can afford, everything is fine.

Most in the UK are rich.....

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[Herbyventures]

Not really, that was my point, I always get my posts misconstrued for some reason, lack of schooling probably
No I was concerned that someone had suddenly got to fork out 11 grand for a new engine and wondered how they could suddenly afford it, I couldn't.
And the fact that it was worth up to a hundred grand meant it has really got to be done whereas mine would be scrap and probly worth more in parts.

I guess that if you can afford the really, really expensive motorhome to begin with then you can find the money to repair it from somewhere. A new engine for ours could potentially be sourced from a scrap yard! Not that my OH would want to do the work, (he enjoyed the habitation build but hates working on engines) but if we really needed to...

 

[sonar]

We saved up and bought ours as a fixer upper.

never considered a new one at anytime. And still don’t want a new one now.

we’re very happy now Swifty has been finished. A enjoy using it . 2003. Sundance 600B

 

[BikerGraham]

Buying ours with a combination of savings, a small short term loan and selling one of the cars. Whilst it’s 6 years old it’s still the most expensive thing I’ve bought other than the home.

 

[Coolcats]

I dont know what Clarkson owns, dont care really but i like the fact that i dont owe anyone anything, I cant even get a mobile phone contract because my credit rating is too low.
That's what you get for never buying anything on credit.

The trick is to obtain credit but pay it off before any interest kicks in eg 0% loans.

 

[Coolcats]

I guess that if you can afford the really, really expensive motorhome to begin with then you can find the money to repair it from somewhere. A new engine for ours could potentially be sourced from a scrap yard! Not that my OH would want to do the work, (he enjoyed the habitation build but hates working on engines) but if we really needed to...

What may be expensive to one individual may be an average purchase to another

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