New to Class A

Pdogi, welcome to the forum and the fantastic world of RV'ing! Other than health reasons you'll never want to leave the lifestyle. On RV choice, you sure can't beat Tifffin (Allegro) or Newmar for their gas or DP's for quality, craftsmanship and backing up their product. However, not knowing your budget you will certainly pay for it, and like "ALL" RV's they too will have their share of problems, especially when bought new. A tad below would perhaps be Winnebago and their "up" line Ithasca. Great quality and innovation and Ithasca probably is on par with Newmar and Tiffin, but in my opinion not as stylish looking. I too would suggest avoiding Thor products. I've read just to many complaints about them across the board of their product line. I drive a 2011 Georgetown that I bought in 2012, one year old to the day. Because Georgetown is owned by Forest River, owned by Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffet I pledged I would never buy a GT or FR product. That was until what I saw I could get for my money. My wife and I love it. Heckuva lot of features standard that would cost more as an option on other makes. Fiberglass roofs, electric windshield privacy shade, electric awning, stainless steel tire inflaters to name a few. Georgtowns best selling model, the 378 compares to a Tiffin model in floor plan and amenities but about 60K less. From being on the Forest River Forum the FR3 has gotton pretty good reviews since FR came out with this model to compete head to head with the Winnebago Vista. Fleetwood is back in business after being gone because of bankruptcy for a couple of years and their price points are comparable to Georgetown with some real nice features and innovative interiors. Definitely worth a look. Regarding dealers in the Buffalo area I bought and traded my Allegro at Buffalo RV. They were good to work with on price, both on the GT and my trade in value. This year they have added Newmar to their stable along with Forest Rivers line up and Jayco Trailers Precept line of gas class A. Very nice rig and Jayco quality. Ballard's RV got out of the motorized RV business because of the cost to floor them, they did carry Newmar for many years. Colton RV in Wheatfield and Orchard Park I would caution on. Before I bought my GT I was in the process of negotiating a deal on a used Ithasca and my wife and I walked out because of how they massively low balled us on the Ithasca, and high balled me on my trade value until we wanted to talk deal on the Ithasca, and suddenly my trade was worth 14K less than originally quoted. They've been in business a long time but I have heard similar stories on their sales practices. Good luck on your hunt, don't overspend but get the floorplan that'll fit you and the misses and your pup best.