I am so confused!!
Greetings all, We actually found the perfect camper! The 2014 Coachmen Catalina 25RKS. However, we have been looking online for a dealer that has what we want in stock at a price we can live with....
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Another post, sorry, I can't help myself. I looked at your floorplan. We just purchased our 3rd camper and if you don't mind, I'd like to give you something to think about. Each camper we owned had something we didn't like .... after about a year .... It took that long to figure it out. The current camper (less than 2 weeks old for us now) is still new and will take time to figure out also. But one of the biggest factors we traded this time is because the couch and dinette were just so uncomfortable, we quite using them years ago. Primarily, everything was done on the bed. The floor plan had a front bed, kitchen and dinette in the middle and 2 bunks across the end. The bunks ended up being nothing but an extended closet with stuff piled high and even escaping into the aisle on the floor, which spilled over on to the couch and dinette. We don't have kids at home any more.
The television stand was in a very bad location, and could only be seen when sitting on the very uncomfortable couch (that was just a couch, as it had the water pump and furnace built in under it). We ended up mounting a television in the bedroom, on the wall, and used the rest of the camper very little. After a few years of this we realized we were really unhappy with the furniture in the camper and look for the one we have now, with a real couch and real rocker living room chairs and a real place to watch the television, and still have the bed-room .... now ... for sleeping!
So here's what I'm trying to say .... It's just something to think about, but don't go by "looks" alone. Actually spend some time in the camper you are planning to purchase. Spend a lot of time in it ... even it upset the dealer because you're spending too much of "his" time and he's just plum tired of fiddling around with you! Do it anyway. Spend an hour or two IN the camper. Lay on the bed, sit on the couch. Take a book, take your I-pad, surf the net, sit at the table, take a snack lunch and eat in the camper and see how it actually "feels" to us it. If your neck gets tired from sitting and you can't rest it ... you'll be uncomfortable camping too..
What I'm trying to say is, test it out first!
Good luck.
Sorry for the rant ... I just felt compelled before you plop money down.
The television stand was in a very bad location, and could only be seen when sitting on the very uncomfortable couch (that was just a couch, as it had the water pump and furnace built in under it). We ended up mounting a television in the bedroom, on the wall, and used the rest of the camper very little. After a few years of this we realized we were really unhappy with the furniture in the camper and look for the one we have now, with a real couch and real rocker living room chairs and a real place to watch the television, and still have the bed-room .... now ... for sleeping!
So here's what I'm trying to say .... It's just something to think about, but don't go by "looks" alone. Actually spend some time in the camper you are planning to purchase. Spend a lot of time in it ... even it upset the dealer because you're spending too much of "his" time and he's just plum tired of fiddling around with you! Do it anyway. Spend an hour or two IN the camper. Lay on the bed, sit on the couch. Take a book, take your I-pad, surf the net, sit at the table, take a snack lunch and eat in the camper and see how it actually "feels" to us it. If your neck gets tired from sitting and you can't rest it ... you'll be uncomfortable camping too..
What I'm trying to say is, test it out first!
Good luck.
Sorry for the rant ... I just felt compelled before you plop money down.
