[Jerry]

Tom

Ii have never found a place on key west itself. Boyd’s is the closest. However fitting there is tough, and you are very crowded. At mile marker I believe 14 is Blue Water Key, this is a very nice place. http://www.bluewaterkey.com/

[Jerry]

We started using the Big Rigs book and website (http://www.big-rigs-rv.com) while still driving the Country Coach Intrigue. It wasn’t as important then, but adding 3 extra feet with the Prevo makes a big difference! They have proven to be pretty accurate, but nothing beats getting out and walking the spot they put you in before you accept the spot. Some parks just don’t quite get the size of these busses! Our theory in beginning full timing in June is that we’ll find a nice park that fits us in the general area we’d like to visit, and then use the CRV to get around to smaller towns that may not accomodate a bus.

[Archived]

Jon, you mentioned ‘sticking out’ when you are in your Prevost. It has crossed my mind that, if we buy one, if that is a problem or not. We generally stay in regular campgrounds along our route sometimes not knowing where we’ll stop until later in the afternoon of driving.

I was wondering if when driving a Prevost, does it attract bad attention or just curious lookers. I know I’m curious when I see one pull into a campground/resort. I would never think of bothering the owners.

We currently have the ‘See Vision’ system on our coach so that we can look around the coach at night through all the camera’s if we hear a noise . I would want that on the Prevost that we purchase too.

No one has ever bothered us in our ‘plastic’ coach even when we were the nicest coach in the campground. I wouldn’t want that to change.

MM.

[Bill]

It has gotten a whole lot better as the number of Prevost Coaches has grown, but there was a time when you could count the number of RV resorts on your fingers, and as a result we ended up on KOA type RV parks.

There were several occasions where it seemed like the entire population in the park had to take a walk the evening we pulled in and they all stopped to stare.

It still happens to an extent, but nothing like it was 20 years ago. That is one of the reasons we like to stay in resort type RV parks or go to Prevost rallies. We don’t feel like we are on display. We have never had “bad” attention, just people who are curious. When you are the sole Prevost however people sometimes are inconsiderate. Staring is a little unwelcome, but we have literally had people step on our bumper, hold on to the windshield wiper arm, and press their face agains the windshield so they can see what the bus looks like. That is usually done when we are gone, or when people think we are gone, but it happened one time when we were having dinner in the coach with friends. Today almost always people respect our privacy.

But if we decide to grill out or even just relax on the site next to the coach under the awning some curious folks want to talk about it. They want to hear our fuel mileage, talk about the engine, try to get us to reveal the price, etc. For a while it was OK, but after a while it stopped being OK but today it is pretty rare when folks bother us.

Tom may want to elaborate, but we encountered one guy in Kansas City at a campground that just needed to tell us our Detroit motor was no good and how we need a CAT. I don’t remember what got him going, but it was clear the coach intimidated him. So I started feeding him information that had a kernel of truth, but might have been a little extreme. I told him I even polished my slack adjusters. That ended all further discussions.

The next night, coincidently Tom pulled into the same campground and this guy talked to Tom also. When he told Tom the Prevost owner the night before polished his slack adjusters and Tom knew exactly who he was talking about.

For the most part it is curiosity that gets people to ask about it.

[Ken]

I don’t think owning a Prevost draws negative attention to the owner but it certainly does draw attention. As with all RV’s, open the engine compartment and very shortly at least one man is going to show up to chat. We blew a belt the other day and I got a new one. As I was working to remove the other belts to get to the inner most one that blew someone showed up asking if I was installing a new belt (new belt there on the ground). I said I was. He said, “it didn’t break did it?” I said “would I be replacing it if it didn’t? I blew itself to kingdom come despite the fact that I checked all belt with the engine running before I left our last destination 25 miles from here.” I had to go back to the tool box and when I returned less than a minute later he was gone. Was that me? The preception? Should I have been more “gee, I don’t know what happened” and wasted an hour or so chatting with this stranger when cocktail time was coming up quickly? I don’t like working on my coach but I work on my coach on a regular basis. Unless you want to do the work for me, why are you here? Does that sound bad? It does now that I am reading it, but I just want to get some work done and get back into my home!

[Peter]

We are newer than most here to the Prevost world… we have been out full timing for almost 9 months and we have stayed in some real dumps and some amazing places… we wish there were more of the amazing places and less of the dumps but we are trying to hit 49 states in 14 months so we stay as near as we can to what we want to see. We haven’t really expierenced anything like Jon described… sure people take a look when we roll in. But its really no differnet than what I did before we bought a prevost…. people are curious and as long as they are respectful which everyone we have encountered has been I am fine with that. My 8 year old son and my wife are real talkers… they will talk with anyone….So when we stay anywhere for any length of time we end know “knowing” everyone around us which has really been a cool part of the trip. We have met several PC members…. PGA golfers and their familys and just about everything in between….

Bill

[Archived]

Ya
had to be there at that campground in KS the day after Jon filled
this guy with anal maintenance tips… He was one of those guys that
pretty much knew everything and the first thing he did was start
yakking about how much better Cats were vs Detroit. Of course I
couldn’t resist telling him all my trucks were ordered with Detroits
because the Cats couldn’t hold up. Hey, if he can dish it out so can
I.

So
then as I’m plugging in the bus, the guy still yakking, he asked if I
polished my slack adjusters? I looked at him like he had 3 heads and
said, sure, doesn’t everyone. Of course I asked where did you hear
about this and he went on to tell me about the guy on my site the
night before with the black Hummer. I knew who it was before even
asking.

To
this day, I’ll bet money the guy hasn’t a clue what a slack adjuster
is…….

I
find that most of the time people are just curious about the Prevosts
and they’re all dying to know the cost. That answer they never get
from me, but occasionally, If they’re driving a real late 45′
plasticmobile, I’ll make the comment you could buy 2 of these for
what you paid for that.

[Bill]

I think my 1960 GMC got more attention. It was unsally clean. There’s something about old vehicles.

I can’t imagine how my friend Pat gets any rest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbcT2MCWP_I

Ken

[Bernie]

Very Cool!!!

Bob

[Archived]

We go to a lot of the same churches, camp meetings and RV parks every year or every 2-3 years. Almost every week somebody that saw us a year or two earlier will ask, “Did you get a new bus since you were here?” I tell them it is the same one and they always say, “Did you paint it a different color?”

It is a running joke in our family because we know it is coming nearly every week.

Maybe folks do not pay as close attention as we think they do.

Davy