Age or mileage when buying a motor home?

We want to buy a smallish (2-4berth) campervan/motor home for no more than £12,000. We know we won't get much for that price so is it better to look for low mileage or is the newer the better?

Asked on 4 August 2012 by Pat

Answered by Honest John

The newer the better. Some of these things sit on people's driveways doing nothing for 6 months of the year and perhaps 2,000 miles for the rest of it. Yet they're based on vans designed to do 200.000 miles in 4 years then be scrapped.

Tags: motorhomes

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