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Hello Stuart FL.
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Well, to be quite honest … No.
We have seen a ’99 XL Liberty in person and really liked it. But prior to socking money into a coach, we really need to see an XLII slide/non-slide and an H-3 slide/non-slide.
We plan a couple trips this summer that should take us by some dealers with these models. Then, I hope to locate that model coach for sale, in our price range, and pick it up in Jan. ’16. Seems like a lot of time, but probably will fly by.
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The best laid plans……………..
I have had the opportunity to look at coaches for sale, both for myself and for others. I exercise a great deal of restraint when looking for a coach for our selves because I am not a “shopper”. I know what we want and I just cannot bring myself to look at a lot of coaches to find the “perfect” coach or the cheapest coach on the planet. So with some luck and careful screening we tend to look at what is there via photos and if it is as represented we negotiate and buy. The decision to buy takes less than 20 minutes and then it is just the paperwork. We will not dicker on price and expect the seller to give us the best possible. If we don’t like the price we walk. The negotiations involve the details. I am fully aware of what price I expect to pay. The timing relates solely on if the coach we want is available and from the time the decision is made to buy, it can take months to find the coach, and then the planets have to all line up for it all to come together. As much as I like to work on a coach, I am not ever going to buy a fixer upper so to find the right coach in near perfect condition is difficult and time consuming. I want a fair price but realize we will compromise on price to get what we want.
And after having looked at coaches for others I am not in the business of evaluating coaches, but if there is one nearby that some one has an interest in, or if I am at a dealer’s making a call on a PC advertiser and a PC member has an interest in a particular coach I will take a quick look. I have seen coaches whose owners have out and out lied about the condition, or that have just not held up to scrutiny. I am not talking about coaches that are being sold cheap, but coaches whose sellers have represented as being “perfect”, “needs nothing”, “well maintained”, etc. In some cases there were serious problems such as AC systems not working, heavy soil, 10 year old tires, torn leather, etc.
My point being is that there are fantastic coaches out there. There are cheap coaches out there. But most of what the market has available are middle of the road priced coaches with flaws and if as a buyer you want a coach at either end of the bell curve (cheap or perfect, or both) you are going to have to be ready to pull the trigger instantly because in today’s market coaches are in demand. The only good news is on older coaches such as an XL they are beyond the age at which financing is readily available and that will limit the number of available buyers.
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“The only good news is on older coaches such as an XL they are beyond the age at which financing is readily available and that will limit the number of available buyers.”
I’m generally against financing a depreciating asset, but I’ll ask the question anyway. Is there a year range where dealers/lenders will no longer finance a loan for a Prevost?
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After a coach is ten years old it gets more difficult to finance it. That does not mean nobody can finance an older coach, but it will be more difficult.
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Depends on your relationship with the bank. Just financed a 16 year old coach with a phone call. Of course I’ve had probably 13 loans with them all paid back ahead of time 😉
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