For something to do the other day, I was shopping RVs at World Wide RV in Mesa , and found this new Roadtrek for sale. The window sticker says $118,000 USD, so I was relieved when I looked at their website and saw it had been reduced to a mere $91,990. I'm being facetious here. For Canadian prospects, you'll need $115,000 to drive this home (at current exchange rates and before taxes).
Since we owned two Roadtreks, and traveled over 100,000 miles in them, I feel like I should have some idea how life goes in a Roadtrek.
My last one was a 2002, Popular, and I saw a lot of NA in this vehicle. It was all good. I wanted to see the country, and this vehicle served the purpose. The longer you're in it, the bigger it gets.
Like the one pictured, mine was built on the Chevy chassis, and in my opinion, this is one stout unit. I purchased it for $40,000 in Florida when it was five years old. It was like new. The Canadian dollar was on par with the U.S. dollar. I sold it five years later for $24,000. I had traveled over 50,000 miles. Annual maintenance was about $1,000, so it proved reliable to say the least. The first owner ate a big hunk of depreciation, my shrinkage was minimal.
I sold it because we wanted to settle in an RV park where class B motorhomes were not welcome in-season. What replaced the Roadtrek was a 5th Wheel, purchased for a fraction of what the Roadtrek sells for. The 5th Wheel is ideal for long stays, the Roadtrek cramped, and you feel it when you're sitting for longer periods in one place.
Looking back, I'm happy for the years we enjoyed seeing the country, and Roadtrek served us well. At this juncture, we need more space, and the urge to be constantly on the move has finally passed.
You'll see me switching back and forth between us and I in this post. My wife was still working during those Roadtrek travel years, so I have a lot of solo miles under my belt. When she could, she would fly and meet me, and we enjoyed the time together, but we did have to adjust to the limited space. The 5th Wheel has addressed all those space issues. What we don't do in the 5th Wheel is travel anywhere, it stays put.