Newmar and Tiffin

2gypsies wrote:

holstein13 wrote:

PSUJIM85 wrote:
Thanks very much for the feedback. I am actually also now looking at the Vantana 4369 and the Dutch Star 4369. You say you had your built? How do you get that done? I would like a custom interior or at least have some input.
Before ordering we tried to talk to every owner we would come across and we didn't receive any negative comments. That sold us. Good luck with your choice.

If you are serious about buying a Newmar and know what you want, I highly recommend you skip your dealer for now. You can work directly with Newmar to design and build your coach. They will then shop it around to all the dealers and you'll get a competitive quote from several dealers. Although I'm very pleased with my dealer and think I got a good deal, I always wonder how much better I could have done had I gone this route.

I know at the dealer you can get up to 30% off msrp. If you go your route, do you still think I can get that kind of discount from the msrp?

Thanks for your feedback.
We made a visit to the Newmar facility in Indiana and worked with the sales manager to talk about things that were possible and not possible. Then we took their floorplan of the model we wanted and thought out every inch of it depending on how we were to live in it. We made our list and sent them back to Newmar who refined them for us and asked lots of questions to make sure we were both on the right track. That eliminated some things and added some.

When we had it down exactly we sent a bid request to about 20 dealers and the one that came in the cheapest, we ordered from them. Even during the build Newmar always came back with questions that needed clarifying. We had no surprises and it was exactly as we had envisioned. This whole process from first visiting the factory to picking up our motorhome took approximately 4 months. That was in 2004.

It was just like building a home.....and it was our home for 8 great years.