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New Member Intro
Greetings,
Not knowing where to start on this forum landed here. I would like to introduce myself, while my User name is G2Silver, my given name is Gary. Located in Eugene, Oregon. RV and bus country, with Marathon a stone’s throw away.
After owning older coaches (including an MCI with dual slides) for nearly 2 decades, purchased our first Prevost, a LeMirage XL. It’s a ’88 Liberty/Hawkings, built on a late 86 production chassis. Despite being well aged, has only accumulated barely 150K miles. It sports the 8V-92 Silver series upgraded engine. First drives with a heavy foot and considerable city driving returned 7.5 MPG. I was nearly thrilled, expecting 4.5-6.5 from others’ recounts. This is the first coach where power does not seem to be an issue. At all! A nice change from prior coaches that wimpered on any grade, but always made it. The “widebody” (102″) is noticeably roomier than the old 96″ coaches. And a little tigher fit on the roads. We like to get off the highways and enjoy the wilderness. Thankfully the coach turns very well, with a natural feel, that surprised me even in tight quarters. Can’t wait to see how see does in the mountains.
We don’t have a name as of yet. So far, it’s being called Super Pinky. Partly due to the eye popping color (it’s growing on us),but more because a clothing designer friend of ours has a Pink AirStream, she calls Pinky. The trailer was a ground up resto-mod creatation of mine brought to life by her drawings and company/board members.
As a full time auto technician,auto shop owner, ASE Master Technician, AS Auto Technology, Amsoil T-1 Certified, ex-bicycle engineer & racer, 29yrs pro mech/tech, a general “gear head”, thoroughly enjoy the challenges and rewards of coach ownership. Sharing information and helping others, when I can, is also rewarding.
That for awhile will be very limited when it comes to Prevost. General observations are the coach is amazingly well built, finally usurping my #1 best built coach owned so far, GM (sealed aviation grade electrical connectors and all). Overall the Prevost is in another league, and far more modern. The frame structures are the most robust I’ve seen, clearly overbuilt in some areas. The safety and convenience systems are well laid and out and thoughtful. Wiring is very well laid out and labelled. Factory support is an added bonus, even for this classic. When sellers or people boast how great a Prevost is, that’s one bragging right that seems to ring true. One could say it’s self evident.
Looking forward to connecting with people here.
All the best,
Gary
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6 Replies
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Welcome to the best site about prevost, Enjoy your coach
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Welcome to the asylum. If you have read the forum you know we will always answer your questions and on some rare occasions provide the correct answer.
As you get to know your coach you will find it to be user friendly because the chassis and its systems are easily serviced and robust. The conversion part of the coach is equally well done and despite its age is going to provide a lot of years and miles of good service.
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Welcome from the mountains, too. As a recent former owner of an 8V-92 equipped bus, we know your feelings. Ours was a 1992 era, 40 footer, with 500 horses, including a taller rear gearing of 3:58 which was optional. (Standard was 3.32) A strange chassis inclusion for a coach that was destined to live in Ft Worth with its first owner, then Indiana before us. Climbed the Colorado hills well, and just a few mph slower than our current Series 60 equipped 40’footer. Enjoy your ride!!
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I’m a new by also Gary! Just sold a fiberglass Newmar Dutchstar diesel that treated us right for eight years. Lots of memories for the kids were made for sure! We are now in the market for a Prevost . I’ve always loved buses and told myself that I will own one someday. Started with a tent and have owned every type of rv since then ending up with our last pusher. I’ve read quite a few articles on this site and have found great info and opened my eyes a bunch on what to look for. Still fumbling around the site trying to figure out how to post stuff or just chat with members. I think we are going to go with a riveted coach between 96′ and 2000 with no slides. I just like those coaches! Well, better go for now and hope to be asking questions about my Prevost soon! Happy New Year!
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Kent, you already know how to post so don’t hesitate anytime you want to add to the discussion or ask questions.
If you want to have a private discussion with others, start by putting your cursor over the user name. If the member has enabled their email it will turn yellow. A right click will then get their email address and you can chat that way.
We are sorry if it is a little more cumbersome than the usual private messaging but we do all we can to protect member’s privacy if they choose to not be accessible.
Welcome to PC.
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got it Jon! Thanks for your help.
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