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Stormy_Eyes
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Jan 11, 2016

Shopping for first Motorhome near Houston

We are in the market for our first Motorhome. We have looked and test driven some units locally, but have not found the one. Prices and selection seem better in Texas, so I will soon fly in to see some used units, including ppl. Anxious and excited, I have a few questions.
Any input or advise about ppl?
If we find a rig we want, can you suggest somebody to help inspect it?
If we buy one, we will need local storage for a few weeks, so could somebody suggest a good local storage facility?
Any other advice is appreciated.

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  • Stormy Eyes wrote:
    We are in the market for our first Motorhome. We have looked and test driven some units locally, but have not found the one. Prices and selection seem better in Texas, so I will soon fly in to see some used units, including ppl. Anxious and excited, I have a few questions.
    Any input or advise about ppl?
    If we find a rig we want, can you suggest somebody to help inspect it?
    If we buy one, we will need local storage for a few weeks, so could somebody suggest a good local storage facility?
    Any other advice is appreciated.

    I've never heard anything bad about PPL or so maybe find a campground or other and even get a month or weekly rate, so that you can power it up and fool with it some. Same place might have qualified people or be able to recommended one for the pre-buy inspection, as well.
  • There are three large motorhome dealers in Texas for used and consignment motorhomes. PPL (which was already mentioned), Motorhome Specialist (Alvarado, Texas), and Motorhomes of Texas (Nacogdoches, Texas). Motorhomes of Texas deals in mostly high end motorhomes, Country Coach, Newell, and Foretravel. They seem to always have a very good inventory. Motorhomes Specialist is the largest Motorhome dealer in Texas and has a large inventory of new motorhomes and a nice inventory of used motorhomes. Also in Nacogdoches, Texas is the Foretravel factory which has new and used Foretravels.
  • If you find and purchase one why not make the "storage" part of the purchase. In other words buy with an agreed upon future pick up date.