How far have you traveled to buy/pickup your rig?

A very long day of air travel, 3 flights, plus ground, another hour. Must have been 2500 miles Bermuda to Georgetown, Texas.

That was just to look, purchase & put into storage for the winter. Had to fly back next spring to get it then bring it to Maryland.

Ordered our fiver from dealer in Mesa AZ. Found that I could save delivery charges ( about $3K) if I went to Indiana to pick it up. Had a great trip there and back, beside saving some $$.

Only 80 miles to pick up our fiver. That was the easy one.

We flew from L.A. to Houston to get my truck from TexasDirectAuto.com. They were fantastic. They picked us up from the airport, we did the deal pretty quickly, and then we hit the road for the 1,600 mile drive home.

We also flew from L.A. to Spokane to pick up my wife's car from Post Falls Idaho in February. The roads south down the panhandle aren't good in the winter, so we looped to the east through Montana and came down I-15 through Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and back into California. We didn't make it very far the first day and I had to get home to see the Superbowl that weekend, so we set our new one-day distance record of 1,060 miles from Dillon, MT, to L.A. The new car was ready for an oil change by the time we got it home from the dealer.

Got our Escape from out near you. Southwick MA to Chilliwack BC, 3062 miles, or 4927 km according to google, one way. They have no dealers, you either take a vacation to go get it or pay to have it shipped to your door, think they said $1.50 a mile in 2014.

2200 miles from Northern Colo to Indian. Thought I had covered all the bases, looked under neath and it was pretty rusty. Bought it anyway because the rest passed inspection. Spent a couple of days de rusting and painting it.

rkassl wrote:
My philosophy is to buy as close to home as possible. We all know that there will be issues with the new trailers and that means trips back to the selling dealer, I am not going to drive 200, 400 or 1000 miles, no way. Sure you may take your trailer back to any authorized dealer but believe me if you didn't buy it from them you are way down on the bottom for service. Just my 2 cents.

1. In the 2-1/2 years we've owned our DRV, it has never been back to a dealer or the factory for any repairs.

2. If it did need a repair during the warranty period, I'd call DRV and get authorization to use an independent service facility or mobile RV repair provider. The LAST place I would take it is a typical dealer service facility where it's going to sit for weeks before anyone even bothers to look at it and the quality of the repairs is usually substandard.

Rusty

I bought our first 5er 300 miles away. Much better price than buying local.

That said, the trailer was a POS, and I did have trouble getting warranty work done locally. The local dealer took forever to get anything fixed on it. I sold it after two years of non-stop trouble, but still came out ahead because I sold it for more than I bought it for, so it did work out.

The next (and current) trailer was bought local. Not sure if it was just because I was working with a different dealer, or because I bought the unit from them, or a combination of the two, but that purchase and ownership experience was much better.

rhagfo wrote:
about 250 miles Portland, OR to Burlington, WA.
We did well.

In my old backyard!

My philosophy is to buy as close to home as possible. We all know that there will be issues with the new trailers and that means trips back to the selling dealer, I am not going to drive 200, 400 or 1000 miles, no way. Sure you may take your trailer back to any authorized dealer but believe me if you didn't buy it from them you are way down on the bottom for service. Just my 2 cents.

We drove a little over 200 to pick ours up. Worth every mile so far.