[DK on the road]

Hello,
I'm hoping to be Newell owner in the near future. In search of a P2000i era coach preferably with a C15,ZF,Mid Entry,Murphy bed,Multiplex controls. Hoping to learn as much as possible to make educated judgements as we search to find our new to us coach. Our current coach is a NRC conversion on a Freightliner Argosy truck chassis. It was built on a new truck in 2005 and currently has just over 50k miles on it, just barely broken in. It has served us well but we are hoping to upgrade to something with better craftsmanship but can still pull our 28' stacker (21k GVW). 

Thanks,
Karl

Karl, I own a coach like you're interested in, except for a few details. I'm not selling, but thought I'd give you my 2 cents.

Some people love, and some hate the ZF trans behind the C15. The plus: its uses 12 gears to keep the engine in a perfect powerband at all times. It really on uses the upper 9 gears. 1st and 2nd are used for pulling out of your shop or the boat out of the lake. You have to manually chose 1 & 2. So, it starts off in 3rd and typically skips 4th and 6th gears if you take off lightly and not starting out up a hill or freeway onramp. Going downhill, like 6% grades, at 65K lbs, it will do 65mph with the full jake on. The Coach runs a little cooler uphill, since the Transmission isn't cooled at the radiator and doesn't need to be cooled, since it's all straight cut gears and no torque converter heating up. The downside, you feel each shift as the coach hesitates at each shift, its not smooth like my Allison was. I love my C15, but don't be concerned out MPG's

Newels, being a Monocoque chassis are far more quitter and helps keep the interior components in place and less abused vs my previous motorhome mounted on a frame, in my prior Class A. 

Good luck with search. I think you'll be happier with Newell.