Would you buy an as is Newmar?

I'm going to go against the grain JUST a bit from the general replies on the forum thus far.

I would INVESTIGATE what "refurbished" means. People have different definitions. LEAN towards bad, but still worth inquiry.

Vehicles are grounded from their tires and while lighting can affect certain things, it may not have affected as much as one may think.

"Refurbished" can have a broad range of definitions. Being from a technical background, I've heard of refurbishments of tens of millions of dollars. Why? Because of a single ball bearing failure on CPU fans. $10 part (in bulk), the rest was absolutely fine.

What is "refurbished". Does it mean it caught fire from lighting? Does it mean all the electrical blew out and wires caught fire? Did it "fry" the coach drive computer and wire harnesses?

OR Did it just damage the television, radio, and simple sensitive electronics that were not grounded to the chassis (such as the vehicle computer was fine but certain sensitive house things had to be changed). In this case, I would be comfortable if all it needed was a new converter - however, not at that price. It would have to come way down.

I would not be comfortable if it extended into vehicle components.
I would not be comfortable if the vehicle has a "salvage" title.

It's at least worth asking about. "Refurbished" in words can scare, but it may be a minimal thing and somebody worded the ad wrong. Or it could be a major thing, and "refurbished" means "gutted, rebuilt, and salvaged".

Also who did the refurbishing? The manufacturer? Again to what extent did the manufacturer refurbish?

Does *as is* now mean no factory warranty or just no warranty from the seller?

As stated vehicles "float" on tires. Was it struck with jacks down? There are many things that variate on this....

It's at least worth a phone call. Poke around with questions and approach with caution. If things seem minimal then professional inspection would be crucial. Also they'd have to negotiate down big time.

After all is said in done, if everything (minimal refurbish) did not exactly fit the standards that I wanted (price, minmal refurbishing, non-salvage title, no fires, no vehicle component damange, and only limited to converter and small house issues), I would walk away and not look back.

I would not even consider a coach struck by lightning. These things are electrical nightmares as they are, a lightning strike would make things even worse. I flew a twin engine turbine powered airplane that was stuck by lightning...the electronics/avionics never worked right after that happened.

Buy extended warranty

Wrong Lane wrote:
Did I read the price correctly, $219,000.00?

That's a lot of money for "as is". Basically you're buying repaired salvage. Is the title branded showing the history of the unit?

Here's a question -- Can you even insure the coach against physical damage perils, like for instance, fire damage? I suspect if you tell your broker that the unit is a 2013 "refurbished" they will have a hard time finding an insurer for it!

With that kind of budget I suspect you could find something less questionable

I think it's $199,900. The facility & condition of the RV are also good.

I would just request a written report of all items they found needing repalaced. May just be appliances and electronics and it could be wiring. I doubt the wiring would be damaged inside the structure if everythinig works. I have never heard of that kind of damage on a vehicle. In a stick home you are grounded much better than an RV. However, that price has to be a starting point on an rv with any kind of electrical damage. It is always the unknown factor that affects price.

jplante4 wrote:
Kudos to the seller for not just throwing on craigs list and hiding the lightening strike.

I'm sure they would have if they could. It probably has a salvage title that they can't hide.

One question comes to mind - I wonder WHO did the repairs? Were they done by Newmar or the dealership or a local shop?

Maybe for $60K, 75 tops

Why is it when someone try's to sell something used they base the asking price off of the full retail price? So they end up asking almost the same as a brand new unit!

I've been looking at new class A's and I'm looking at around $88k brand new. The same model 1 or 2 years old is only 2-3k cheaper. At that point used is a loss.

No way at that price.....maybe half that price might raise an eyebrow...