I caved in and moved to DP
After many years and many dollars trying to make a good ride on variou gas motorhomes i finally yielded. I don’t think it is possible. Now have 2013 Itasca Elipse 42 ft with tag axel. Sorry all my fel...
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I have loved my gasser's. I have owned 3. They were what I could afford or what I could justify at the time because of work, kids etc. We retired in April, 2017 and spent 5 months in our Safari Simba. We put 7500 miles of it and had the time of our lives. It was so wonderful that we decided to go full time. Our original plan was to keep it one more year and then get a DP. The problem was that because Safari was built by Monaco and they went belly up, it was getting hard to get parts. Example; a valve would go bad, no big deal, right, except no one made that valve any more and you had to purchase the whole new piece. It was at this point that we decided to buy our DP now. We spent countless hours researching different makes and models and as we kept narrowing it down, what we want, what we can afford, a used Newmar Dutch Star kept coming to the fore front. So we found the one we wanted at the price we could afford and pulled the trigger.
We just got back from our first 1000 mile trip, and all I can say is WOW! The mountains will not be any taller. The views will not be anymore majestic, but the luxury of living space and quality of driving is indescribable. If we could not have afforded this type of unit, we would have still had the experience in our beautiful gasser. If a tent is what works for you, do it, just do it. My wife did not need a coach like this. To give you an idea of the type of woman she is, she told me one time that if we lost everything and lived in a card board box, we would be the best card board box people in the world. This is a luxury for us, it is not necessary, buy it is enjoyed. Go, see the sights, enjoy your life. Where ever you are financially, enjoy where you are.
We just got back from our first 1000 mile trip, and all I can say is WOW! The mountains will not be any taller. The views will not be anymore majestic, but the luxury of living space and quality of driving is indescribable. If we could not have afforded this type of unit, we would have still had the experience in our beautiful gasser. If a tent is what works for you, do it, just do it. My wife did not need a coach like this. To give you an idea of the type of woman she is, she told me one time that if we lost everything and lived in a card board box, we would be the best card board box people in the world. This is a luxury for us, it is not necessary, buy it is enjoyed. Go, see the sights, enjoy your life. Where ever you are financially, enjoy where you are.
