How many here went over the coach with a fine toothed comb before you even thought of buying your coach? I find that the sales people don't know what to make of me, when I'm opening things, crawling under the coach, pressing buttons etc... Its like they never had a buyer really look at a unit before purchasing. I personally won't even think of buying from anyone that wouldn't let me look at things

suprz wrote:t the sales people don't know what to make of me, when I'm opening things...That's a sales tactic. As if to say "c'mon lady or sir, are you really serious?"

i did a lot of research on places like this one and knew i would have to be the one to be OCD about the walkthrough/PDI. went through it with a fine tooth comb.luckily, our RV tech was very experienced and knowledgable and patient.

When we bought out MH 1) I told the salesman that when we come back for the PDI that I wanted a Service Tech to go thru the PDI with me. He asked why and I asked him a couple of questions he couldn't answer, I then told him that's why. 2). I spent 3-4 days at home going over all the operator instructions and manuals and the unit. 3) I took a pre made PDI check list with me that I'd added questions to after going thru the manuals. Ever after spending 3-4hrs on the PDI the 1st couple of times we used the unit I was at a loss on how to do things.

We have always bought used, so we spend a lot of time going over every little detail - then we have discussion points when it comes to negotiating price ....Owners and/or dealers don't what to hear about every little problem, but it means we know exactly what we are bidding for ....

Bought our Lexington MH used, only one year old. Drove 300 miles to see/ buy it from a private owner. He was experienced enough that he had all the tanks filled and everything was set up for us to go over it. Had all the manuals ready and we both went over it for about 3 hours, testing and turning all the systems on, and letting them run for enough time to assure me that everything was in working order. agot lucky with this one.Grumpy

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We_Cant_Wait
Explorer
Feb 26, 2014
When we bought out MH 1) I told the salesman that when we come back for the PDI that I wanted a Service Tech to go thru the PDI with me. He asked why and I asked him a couple of questions he couldn't answer, I then told him that's why. 2). I spent 3-4 days at home going over all the operator instructions and manuals and the unit. 3) I took a pre made PDI check list with me that I'd added questions to after going thru the manuals. Ever after spending 3-4hrs on the PDI the 1st couple of times we used the unit I was at a loss on how to do things.
bikendan
Explorer
Feb 26, 2014
i did a lot of research on places like this one and knew i would have to be the one to be OCD about the walkthrough/PDI. went through it with a fine tooth comb.
luckily, our RV tech was very experienced and knowledgable and patient.
2oldman
Explorer II
Feb 26, 2014
suprz wrote:
t the sales people don't know what to make of me, when I'm opening things...
That's a sales tactic. As if to say "c'mon lady or sir, are you really serious?"

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