[Richard]

Harry,

Spring is the optimum time to position a coach for sale in some peoples opinion. The thought process being that the buyer is likely to be in the market in the early spring in preparation for the spring summer fall travel season. Prices on 2 slide coaches continue to represent the best value in the RV market today.

I won't call names, but I went into a new 420K MSRP (on sale for 350k) coach at LazyDays just for grins. It is a brand and model that is generally recognized at the upper echelon of motorhomes today. I see a lot of them on the road. I left in shock. Yes the woodwork was purty. But the walls were pressboard. The trim was plastic. Yep it was built on one of the best raised rail chassis with nice HP rated engine. I was in shock because I would have expected what I saw in a new 150K coach, not a 420K model. I couldn't help but think what a buyer could do in the Prevost/Newell/Foretravel market with 350K.

I know I am repeating a position I have taken often before, and it can't help but sounding like I drank a gallon of the Newell kool aid. But holy cow, that coach that I went in will not hold up for ten years.

I am not trying to sell you. I don't have a dog in your race. This rant is more that I had not been in new coaches for six or seven years, and when I did take the time to go into a few, I was truly shocked by what I saw.

Sorry, too much coffee this morning.