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vision
Looking at a 2001 to 2003 no slide vision. Is the vision a simple coach compaired to marithon etc. Not looking for a lot of automatic just basic coach. Your advice would be appreciated.
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I have a 2002 XLII Vision for 6 years, 80k miles. Love it, been at Marathon, Colburg OR to have items up graded, positive comments from the technician about the equality of workmanship of the interior.
Larry & Miriam Nelson
2002 XLII Visiom
Envision 2019
Hurricane, Ut
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Vision vs Marathon? Thank you for the reply. More or wanted.
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More or wanted?
Larry Nelson
2002 XLII VISION
2019 BUICK Invision
Hurricane, Utah
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Haven’t looked at Visions. The advantage of Marathon is they are the only converter with three service centers in the U.S.. Factory in Junction City, OR, and service centers in Ft. Worth, TX, and San Antonio, FL.
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Yes, that is correct. You have to realize almost all conversation are to the specifics of the original owner.. some are for corporate, party, entertainer.and living. So it will take you some time to decide what you are going to use it for and proceed.
Larry Nelson
2002 XLII VISION
Hurricane, ut
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I would not be afraid to purchase any conversion of a Prevost if it it is to your liking . All of the coach componits can be worked on anywhere in the US and Ca. So that cancels out any one from the other .
Now as to the house side i agree some converters are more easlie reached but that does not eliminate others . You might need to live with a issue on the house side till info is found but other than that I would not allow that to prevent me from buying a coach I like beacuse it is not of a name brand . Just my thoughts .
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I fully agree with Al. Every coach regardless of converter has certain qualities or system designs. Just because one coach might have some differences doesn’t mean it is bad, just different. I am unaware of any coach that is not supported.
Just learn about the coach you are buying in the respect to who has an understanding of it, can provide support, and who can work on it.
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In 6+ years of Prevost ownership plus going to a few Prevost rallies, going to three or four all Prevost shows, being at a very active major Prevost conversion maintenance and upgrade facility for regular routine maintenance on an annual basis, constantly monitoring the Prevost Community Forum for eight or more years (plus another Forum years ago), and three or four Prevost related Facebook pages … I’ve never seen, heard, or read of a Prevost owner saying:
I can’t wait to get rid of this g** d***, POS, poorly conceived, badly engineered, amateurly built, unreliable, difficult to fix, impossible to find parts for XYZ Prevost conversion so I can buy a 1-2-3 Prevost conversion or a stick n’ staples plastic coach.
When someone sells their Prevost and buys another Prevost or chooses to go off the rails … from my observations the decision appears to have nothing to do with this or that conversion being substandard.
I’ve been told and have read that an “Orphan Coach”, like a Vision, will tend to sell at a discount to a coach of which the converter is still in business. Which in my mind makes the orphan a good buy.
I suppose if you live within a few hours drive of the Liberty, Marathon, Millenium, Featherlite, etc. service facilities that owning one of those coaches would have an appeal.
We have a Liberty. We’re 90 or a 100 minutes from the Liberty factory in North Chicago, but Liberty doesn’t do extensive service there. On two occasions North Chicago has done a small amount of stainless steel repair work for me and once they had the coach to deal with grout cracking in the shower (they built the shower, they knew how they built it, I wanted them to fix it, the guy who did the original shower worked on it). Otherwise I stop annually at East Tennessee Luxury Coach on the way to Florida or if we’re in the area for issues or routine maintenance, take the coach to a seated coach operator (now sadly out of business) for oil changes and OTR A/C work, or Inland Power in Milwaukee for Detroit Diesel and Allison issues (which I haven’t had to yet).
Maybe what would help “dadej” in his or her quest would be someone with a Vision to summarize some of the components on a Vision, how they might differ from coaches of similar vintage, and what kind of issues a current or past Vision owner has had.
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