smlranger wrote:
We owned a Journey for 8 years, a 2002 so not with the more up to date features of the newer Journey's. It was a good coach but the Journey is not on the level in terms of overall build quality and features as the higher end rigs made by Country Coach, Monaco, Travel Supreme, Entegra, Newmar and others. The greatest weakness, IMO, of the Journey is it is a rear radiator coach. That seems to be no issue for many but it can become an expensive issue if/when you need to do some work on the engine. Even simple tasks like changing a belt or hoses are difficult and expensive on rear radiator coaches. Hard for you if you are doing the work and expensive if you are paying someone else. Before you buy a coach, raise the engine hatch and see for yourself. With a rear radiator coach, you can't even see the motor from the hatch.... think about working on it.
X2 on the side radiator. Someone had a thread going top 5 must haves and a side radiator was number one of my five followed by full body paint. Actually I wouldn't get a coach without either.