Korea79
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Hello everyone. I am new to the forum, however, for the past 2 plus years I have enjoyed reading the many discussions and the magnitude of knowledge displayed as a whole on this forum is amazing! Anyway my answer to your question is: DW and I started our search for that perfect motorcoach June 2004. January 2009 in our opinion, we accomplised that mission. We purchased our Fleetwood Southwind 37C (2008)from Campingworld. The Southwind has tons of space inside the Coach and in the basement as well. A few of its amenities are: Automatic awning, washer and dryer, 4 HDTV's - (3) in-coach and (1) in our exterior entertainment center, all inclusive bath, sofa with footrest and sleep number bed. To date we have been very pleased with our first purchase. Oh, we also purchased Campingworld's extended warranty program.
Enjoy the USA!
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oldcurios
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We read and researched for several years before we bought a 10-yr old 29 foot Allegro Bay Class C. I absolutely loved it - it was great for what we needed but DH thought it was a bit tight on space for us and the two dogs. Unfortunately the refrigerator burned it to the ground after two years. (The insurance company just about made us whole on the unit so we were not out but a few hundred dollars). We looked for about a year at class A's. We wanted an older coach (an interim unit) and preferred Tiffin or Newmar or BlueBird. We went out of state to look at a BlueBird Bus (full of rust) and the consignment shop had an older Safari Ivory DP in just about perfect shape that came with most of the upgrades. It wasn't on our short list, but we fell in love with it and brought it home. So far so good!!!
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cobra350
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I first thought I made a huge mistake but thanks to this forum's help I got everything taken care of and Love our motorhome now. Will probably upgrade to a diesel when we are ready to fulltime but for now we are content.
Rick & Darlene Carson
09 Focus
06 Mustang GT
00 Winnebago Chieftain
08 Honda Goldwing
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knotdodger
North Carolina
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Yes...not buying sooner. We went the used route. Our motor home was about 2 years old and low mileage. The original owner had all the "bugs" worked out and we just enjoy it.
Larry & Cindy
Safari Cheetah 38PDQ.
Towing a Jeep Wrangler.
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jimaryw
Knoxville
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We have been very happy with ours, but wish I hade more CCC.
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Paw Paw
Mesquite,Texas
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My mistake was buying one PERIOD. I've had 2 MH's and I wish I had never traded my Pickup and 5er!! My DW is the reason I have a class A MH. Of course, she doesn't drive the piece of junk.
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BLUE MARBLE
DUMFRIES, VA
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Hardworking and fortunate life so more $ than brains. First RV out of the box was 40'DP. Big mistake...way too big. Second mistake was to be blinded by "glitz" and bought Gulfstream. Shoddy construction, body was junk and abscence of customer support literally a joke. Third mistake was to buy our coach through the Jesse James Gang down at PPL in Houston...but that is another story when I finally calm down.
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chuckster11
Idaho
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What a great question! Heck yes--I made so many mistakes in my enthusiasm to buy my unit at what I thought was a great price, I overlooked several serious flaws in the coach. Those flaws have come back to haunt me in the two years I have owned the unit.
Best advice, shop more and shop, as much as you can, for a well maintained and "healthy" RV. Overlooking obvious flaws is not worth the few thousand dollars you might save.
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Count_D_Money
Western MI
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Loren Ross
Reno, NV
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And I thought WE were the poster children for mistakenly buying the wrong motorhome the first time...
We went full time about 3 years ago, and moved from a Fleetwood 24 Class C to an Allegro 28 Class A to do it.... Didn't want to go too big, cause DW was against driving anything too big.
After the first 8 months, we realized just how unconfortable we were and began trying to remodel the interior to make it better. We went to an RV show to get some ideas, and discovered the Southwind 32VS. It had almost everything we had decided we wanted to change in our Allegro. So, the mission to find a 32VS began, and several months later we found the perfect deal in Oregon. Been on the road just 2 years now in the 32VS and NO complaints!!
It's our understanding that the 32VS has been made for over 15 years with no changes to the basic plan. We sure see a lot of them on the road, so there must be a reason people buy them!!
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