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What’s A Prevost Owner’s Point Of View Of This?
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All coaches have problems, I had two country coaches “plastic” The first was three years old when I bought it, drove the thing with no problems bought a new one, to do a 9,000 mile trip, a total lemon! I will not go into details it is on this site already, Bought a new Essex 2007, had no problems at all, 2010 bought a Liberty that was 5 years old at the time, The best move as far as recreation goes that we have made, Yea it is alot more expensive, but the old saying holds true ” You get what you pay for” especially if its a Prevost, Just my two cents, Gary
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Maybe I’am wrong…the pictured coach appears to be a 40 ft XL-II
AL
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Hi Boateral,
Per the contract it’s a 2011 Prevost XL LT. I’ve attached the basics that show it’s a 45′ model. Please let me know if this is incorrect!
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I just confirmed with Goss RV it IS a 45′ model.
My heart skipped a beat for a moment!
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never able to experience your choices. the MH in prevost factory lingo means it was delivered to a builder as a motorhome chassi. I get the feeling while you are getting a 90% chance of experiencing a true custom build. The one your getting is universal use. You will be impressed. Just remember there is yet another 10% to be had by a dedicated use build without the wasted universal use items. Dreams are mine to only dream yours to choose. Best wishes. Bob
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Our second coach was a Newmar Essex, which was the top of Newmar’s line at the time. After having owned it for 1 week, we found so many problems it would take hours to detail. The best Newmar would do to rectify this problem coach was to give me a date 12 weeks out. It only took 8 weeks to build it, but they couldn’t get it back to the factory for 12 weeks!! We had a tow company on speed dial for 2 years.
Have we had problems with our Prevost? Yes, but nothing like the Essex and Prevost really cares and has service facilities all around North America. There is simply no equal to their ability and desire to fix anything wrong with one of their buses. We are in an rv resort in Naples, FL with a lot of high end coaches. We hear all kinds of tales and nothing we hear makes us regret buying a Prevost.
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When I visited Stanford where brand XXX is built they showed me allot. The deal if you buy new / used you are at factory until you are happy with coach and how it worked. Would assume it is still like that. Prevost has many service centers coast to coast that specalize in the chassi work and support most converters. Parts in my experience are next day to your house if needed (if you do your own work) They run $180 windshield specials–beat that on a car. Buy one for any other RV??? Example. I have no opinion. Bob
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A windshield for our Monaco Signature is about $5k. Great view, but a hugely expensive piece of glass. Score one for Prevost.
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The cost of a windshield is an example of the economies of scale we enjoy with a Prevost having 10’s of thousands of buses in service and some of these motorhomes production measured in the hundreds.
We Prevost owners are reading on the economic coattails of the tour bus operators and the entertainer coach operators.
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If we keep pointing out the advantages of owning a Prevost conversion it might actually influence someone to believe the purchase of a coach actually makes sense.
For anyone considering the purchase of a Prevost please understand from the beginning none of us with the possible exception of Peter can even begin to justify our purchase from a practical point of view. However I have not yet met an owner that has ever described ownership of a Prevost as the dumbest thing they ever did. The reality is it is an expensive hobby, but I cannot think of another thing I have done that has been as much fun.
If there is something about owning a Prevost that can be described as “cheap” we should rejoice.
For those contemplating a Prevost and there is a sensitivity to cost of ownership it is my opinion the absolute best Prevost in terms of cost of operation is a Series 60 engine equipped XL with the solid front axle. That range of coaches runs from somewhere around 95 to early 97 (96 chassis) coaches. The 12.7 liter engine could consistently deliver mileage around 7.5 to 8 MPG. Glass was not only cheap (I have bought windshields for as little as $130) but skin repairs are reasonably simple if you have a pop rivet gun. Tires are 315 all around. Air bags and brake chambers are relatively cheap. The front suspension is almost bullet proof. But despite the lowest cost of operation these coaches still are relatively expensive to maintain compared to a car, but likely less expensive than comparable motorhomes of the same vintage.
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Forget the plastic! I’m on my 6th bus and previously owned a number of fiberglass coaches over the years until I got smarter.
Here’s the bottom line: There is NO Comparison.
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Life is indeed short…and often times we mentally add up the literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars we wasted on plastic not knowing any better. Geo.
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this is my first Motorhome, but having watched my brother with his over a 20 yr. period all the repairs for things shaking apart, the inferior workmanship on expensive units, the lack of power expecially on hills, the constant steering wheel corrections being made while on level ground, all of this plus more made me realize that if I ever purchased a Motorhome it wouldn’t be a box set atop a frame. This coach of mine @ 18 years old is so much more a pleasure to drive and maintain than any of the new coaches my brother had over the 20 plus years.
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No matter what you buy, the first decision you have in selecting an RV is do you enjoy RV’ing?
The second and most important decision you have is do you like the floor plan?
If you don’t like the floor plan, nothing else matters. If you like the floor plan, you can then learn how the coach systems work. You can redecorate the interior, you can repaint the exterior. You can put in new floors, … , but you’re not changing the floor plan.
You need to walk through the coach in person and see if it “talks” to you. Is this the coach for you?
A Prevost is a good choice, but it doesn’t have to be your first coach. I owned four coaches and a lot of tents before my Country Coach Prevost and I loved them all.
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