Having the hardest time buying a new class A
So, we are looking to buy our third motorhome and are ready to make the leap into a non-"entry level" motorhome. After an old Bounder and our current '06 Hurricane that we bought in '09, we would like...
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UPDATE
Thought I'd update the post with our 3 near purchase experiences for anyone following.
First, early on, when we decided we wanted a new one, we almost bought a 2018 Thor Hurricane 35M. Beautiful inside with a 1 1/2 bath floorpan but a $4K difference between our high limit and their low limit prevented the purchase. That was a good thing because it was then that we realized that we wanted a full paint MH and the tanks were way too small for boondocking.
Secondly, we found a beautiful 2015 Georgetown 377 with the black diamond package in Oregon, a 13 hour drive for us. We put a deposit down on the MH then they sent us the paperwork. It was then that we didn't like what we were having to sign before even seeing the MH in person and we also didn't love the floorpan. So we backed out.
Third - Last weekend we found a 2018 Holiday rambler Vacationer XE 34S here localy and actually purchased it. During the purchase, we were handed a brochure for the MH that stated it had a 100 gal fresh water tank, 45 grey, 50 black, and a 25 gal propane tank. That night i did some research and found that similar MH's had a 60 fresh, 37 grey, 37 black, and a 14 gal propane tank. Went back to the dealer the next morning to discover that they actually gave us the wrong brochure. They had given me a brochure for a 2018.5 (non-XE). What they had in stock was a 2018 Vacationer XE with the smaller tanks. They let us back out with no problems. So here we are. in the middle of June we are leaving for a two week trip to Utah to visit some of the national parks and Moab. It would be nice to have a new one by then but at least we have a good reliable MH now. I'll update if we find something before our trip.
Thought I'd update the post with our 3 near purchase experiences for anyone following.
First, early on, when we decided we wanted a new one, we almost bought a 2018 Thor Hurricane 35M. Beautiful inside with a 1 1/2 bath floorpan but a $4K difference between our high limit and their low limit prevented the purchase. That was a good thing because it was then that we realized that we wanted a full paint MH and the tanks were way too small for boondocking.
Secondly, we found a beautiful 2015 Georgetown 377 with the black diamond package in Oregon, a 13 hour drive for us. We put a deposit down on the MH then they sent us the paperwork. It was then that we didn't like what we were having to sign before even seeing the MH in person and we also didn't love the floorpan. So we backed out.
Third - Last weekend we found a 2018 Holiday rambler Vacationer XE 34S here localy and actually purchased it. During the purchase, we were handed a brochure for the MH that stated it had a 100 gal fresh water tank, 45 grey, 50 black, and a 25 gal propane tank. That night i did some research and found that similar MH's had a 60 fresh, 37 grey, 37 black, and a 14 gal propane tank. Went back to the dealer the next morning to discover that they actually gave us the wrong brochure. They had given me a brochure for a 2018.5 (non-XE). What they had in stock was a 2018 Vacationer XE with the smaller tanks. They let us back out with no problems. So here we are. in the middle of June we are leaving for a two week trip to Utah to visit some of the national parks and Moab. It would be nice to have a new one by then but at least we have a good reliable MH now. I'll update if we find something before our trip.
