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Advice/Strategy
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JR, sorry about the commission 🙂
Good call, will do
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Dan,
I’ll send you the 2 cents anyway 🙂
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Hi MK and welcome to the forum…
You’ve already heard from those who know what their talking about and thought maybe it was time you hear from someone who doesn’t.
All I want to add is we all know what we MUST have and then settle into what we actually buy. I’m not saying we don’t know what we want as much as to say that something different can be pretty enticing as well. I believe the first decision we all need to make is;
Money: You already have a coach and you know RV-ing so advice isn’t needed there. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to think about? Each one of us on the forum have different financial considerations and deal differently with our money and the way we choose to use it. I for one have untold millions and spend it as haphazardly as possible always needing more – more – more of everything! Then my wife wakes me up and says “you’re hallucinating” allowing me to get back to reality and my deadbeat status.
Slides: Before you jump in and say “of course I need slides”, walk on into a Prevost, not some other coach, a Prevost, and what do you think? Not enough room you say? Great go for the slides!
40 or 45 feet: Same thing here, look at a 40’ Prevost and what do you think? Too small, can’t sleep on a queen”? Question answered, get a 45 footer.
My coach as you see in my bio is a 91, a relic by some standards and a classic by others. But who cares, I like it and it does exactly what I want it too both on the road (terrific) and off (terrific)! I had a coach on order with three slides and one was a full wall slide, lots of room lots of stuff. Then I saw someone’s old beat up (kidding about the beat up, it was gorgeous) 1993 Prevost and thought “WoW, that’s ah one ah spicy meat-ah-ball”!
I know when I drive off in my bus, if I do my job (don’t drive like a crazy person) my bus will do its job… The other thing I know is a Prevost conversion is the best built pleasure platform on the road. If God forbid there’s an accident, I’ll take the Prevost for me and mine every time. And MK maybe that’s the point of my entire boring diatribe here. Don’t have an accident, you buy a Prevost you think you can love and then love it!
Harry
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Thanks Harry points well taken; like I said in the 1st post, I want a Prevost for all the reasons everyone already knows. Funny, over this weekend I became a little more excited about MAYBE getting into a Prevost sooner than I expected. All of the research I have been doing has been for my dream bus years down the road, with no real expectation that it could happen sooner. Not to get my hopes up but, the slight chance that I can make this a 2 step process is awesome.
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Keep us posted MK, A lot of great folks here on the Forum who are willing to help before and after the purchase. I’ve made some good friends here and you will as well. Much to their credit Jon and Tom have made this a family community.
Harry
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Since the Prevost community is so close knit and with the groups vast experience & connections, I’m surprised no one has any info on the coach I referenced. I have read the praises of Steve Bennett and figure I will get the straight story from him.
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As far as the coach you referenced, I don’t have any personal knowledge of it, but a couple of observations: It has the combo washer/dryer, which does not work well as a dryer. Also, the “whole house” AC unit is very noisy. Our friends have a Featherlite with the system, and it is noisier than the generator. A coach that vintage will not have Prevost-installed slides, most likely they were installed by Featherlite. You can read up on the Prevost/non-Prevost slide discussion to see if that is an issue for you. As far as the dealership goes, our friends bought their Featherlite from Chad at Premium Coach, and they were pleased with the dealership.
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As many members as we have (approaching 3500) there are two things we know. First the vast majority read but will not post on the forum. Somebody may know a lot about a specific coach, but if they choose to not post we do not get the benefit of that knowledge.
The second thing we know is despite word of mouth, our efforts to reach out to enthusiasts and owners there are still a whole lot of folks who don’t even know PC exists.
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MK,
Just as a P.S., my friend says he got good support from the dealership with what they could help with, the support he got from Featherlite has been poor at best. As previously mentioned by another poster, you may want to consider a coach with better factory support.
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I didn’t offer any advice because I don’t know the coach.
You couldn’t talk to anyone more straight up than Steve.
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You might want to turn on your email so that someone who does want to post on the forum can contact you. Go to your Profile page and toward the bottom is a check box that will make your “handle” turn red when someone places the arrow on it and allows it to send to bring up an email page addressed to your email.
I have a Featherlite of about that age with slides and can provide you converter specific info if needed. Just click on my Triple Fox handle at the top of my post and send me an email.
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E-mail turned on! That one sold; as you would expect, Steve said it needed a lot of work.
Yes, the combo washer/dryers suck, I have one now.
While I would rather have a Marathon or Liberty, there is not much to choose from in my options/price range. Remember, I’m only in it for 5 years and the information available on this site should be able to get me by during that time.
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What are you expecting to get in an upgraded coach in five years that you won’t have in the coach you buy right now.
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As I mentioned before, the new ones with the roof mounted awnings, new end caps, solid wood cabinets & trim and more modern interior don’t look so dated. It is almost like buying a house with ’70s architecture, shag carpet and primary colored tile everywhere.
However, I am starting to rethink my strategy. After reading the thread about financing, I’m afraid I will be stuck with a 25 year old coach and not be able to sell it to get the next one, that I would plan to keep.
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Mr. K,
I should have clarified that companies like Incredible Bank do finance Prevosts that in the 90s.
There are simply less lenders who finance older Prevosts because there is no book value.
The guy I talked to said that a 20-year old Class A Winnebago would have such a low “book value” that it could be financed because they really aren’t that high in value and most folks don’t need to finance a 20-year old Winnebago since they would be in the “car range” price.
Finally, look at RV Trader. The average 20-year old Tiffin Bus is around $25k or less. The average 20-year Prevost is more than $125k more, at around $150K, give or take a few $$.
I would never let a financing issue change my mind when it comes to buying a quality Motorhome or any other quality product for that matter.
There’s simply less folks who have the $$$ to buy a 20-year old Prevost, than a 20-year old Tiffin. But then again, that’s true in general with any quality product.
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