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Here is your chance to buy a Prevost on the cheap
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“but I wonder what would cause something like that to happen.“
Cold feet or a bad PPI
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I have a few years experience buying and selling on Ebay. Most likely someone contacted the seller through Ebay or telephone (if he had one listed) and said something like “if the bus is as described I’ll give 130,000 cash if you’ll end the auction early” I’ve done this and have had similar offers made to me on items I’ve had listed. I found the bus I have now on Ebay.
Ken
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when I talked to the owner and I asked the Delam question, the information I received was that the edges of all the panels where tight but there was some sort of bubbling in the centers of some panels.
I suspect and have heard from the more experienced folks that a Delam issue on a coach of this vintage with it being a new to someone coach would most likely have Zero Prevost participation in the repair process.
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No sense speculating on how much Prevost will or won’t contribute to the delam issue which it sounds like the coach has.
The only true information is going to come from Prevost and anyone that wants to guess at what the answer will be is taking a chance.
Both the buyer and seller of the coach would be well served if someone took the coach to Prevost and got the answer. Then there is a known value that can be used to adjust the selling price of the coach. It is the only fair way to determine the price of a coach, and the Prevost repair is the only one that should be considered. Tom and I have seen a shop that has an advertisement about being able to do skin repairs, and it says “Prevost trained” technicians. The technicians may have been trained at some point by Prevost, but not in the skin repair process which is very technical and is best left to Prevost.
As to the pricing I am amazed that folks have the guts to bid on that coach, nice as it is, without getting a firm answer on the delam issue.
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My Wife and I were ready to go look at this coach. We are on hold until I here from the owner kind of odd it ended early with out being sold.As far as the Delam issue that has me concerned as well.
Craig Wickham
1997 Foretravel U295
Prevost Wannabe.
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Chances are, your average punter hasn’t even heard of Delam on Prevosts, I certainly hadn’t before joining PC. Wouldn’t be surprised if most uninformed people just assume they are bulletproof and just need diesel and an oil change every 100k miles (yes I did say 100k)
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To put the delam issue in perspective some folks have it and it is not a big deal. (to them).
If the panels are tight at the edges and there is some indication the panels are loose in the center some folks won’t even lose a minute of sleep over that. But if the delam is present, there is a risk of moisture entry and that is when there becomes a greater risk. The obvious one is panels may start separating from the coach. But the bigger issue is moisture. Apart from damage that moisture can cause, its greatest danger is mold and mildew. Once that gets started then the problem has takne on a whole greater significance. In the long run the cheapest solutiuon is a Prevost repair.
For gamblers who are willing to bid on a coach without taking the delam issue in consideration all they need to know is their potential for the cost of repairs. So far from feedback I have gotten the most expensive repair cost has been in the range of $60,000. The least expensive has been in the range of $25,000 plus $8,500 additional for paint.
I know Prevost has refused a small number of owners any “goodwill”, but the vast majority have had Prevost cover the total cost of the resealing and riveting with some even having the paint work covered, but most having to pay out of pocket for paint work. The unknown can be addressed as simply as taking the coach to Prevost for evaluation and an indication of if Prevost will cover the costs or not.
People that do not do their research and jump into the purchase of a Prevost usually not only face the potential of costs on the delam issue, but from emails and posts it is clear they don’t know enough to have a complete inspection and training session so their list of stuff they have to deal with is daunting.
BTW, do not assume the delam issue is affecting every XLII. Some have been affected, but it is doubtful if the percentage of affected coaches is large. I suspect the CAC problem has affected more coaches.
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I would guess that it sold outside of Ebay… no other reason to take it off… bid retractions are taken very seriously by Ebay too… especially ones that high and from 2 different parties… I smell a rat somewhere!!
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