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Old 10-10-2016, 05:20 AM   #15
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specials outlet put on the wrong side, wrong material on chairs, stacker trailer outlet not on the bumper as I thought but inside electric bay...they moved it for me to allow for autoformer installation, found that the green bar for the stacker camera was different from the specials sheet - change by engineering - going to put on GPS screen....after several back and forth they have put the stacker camera on an A/B switch going to the monitor rear camera spot so I pick which rear camera I will see...this was after the build but during the build I saw that the monitor was not the MA upgrade that started the process.
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I'm interested in the note "MA monitor upgrade"? What is this about please provide a few details. Thanks
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Old 10-10-2016, 06:25 AM   #17
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Me too.

Actually the whole stacker trailer camera and wiring upgrade and what that entails.

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Old 10-10-2016, 12:34 PM   #18
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Went ahead and booked my flights today to fly in for build. Flying in 10/19 and out on 10/24 in evening to South Bend and staying at a Hampton Inn in Goshen which seems fairly close. I checked with Newmar again today and everything as of right now is still on schedule:
Chasis build starts 10/17
Main production starts 10/19
Paint starts 10/25
Ship date of 11/11
I'll miss the 1st day of build but hopefully can get someone there to take some pictures and then I should be there for rest of build unless scheduling changes. Looking forward to see start to finish!
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Old 10-11-2016, 03:49 AM   #19
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I'm interested in the note "MA monitor upgrade"? What is this about please provide a few details. Thanks
I race cars and have a stacker trailer (carry the race car on top and Jeep below) with a camera mounted on the rear of the trailer. I saw an option for a stacker trailer in one of the upper coaches so I put it on my specials request. They came back with an 120 VAC plug to plug in a stacker (or other) trailer which I decided to keep anyway and had them fix the specials to get the camera plug....it is mounted opposite of the trailer plug. The specials list showed it with a MA monitor because it allows for 4 camera inputs, but the greenbar had changed it to a Clarion upgrade (Eng said MA monitor won't fit) and I had not read it closely to catch the change. Long story short, I explained how I wouldn't be able to see the gps while using the stacker camera and the factory finally agreed to use an A/B switch and the standard monitor.
So now I have a place to plug in another rear camera like for backing up to connect to a trailer - just found out from another owner that the DS rear camera can not show the trailer hitch due to the camera placement and curve of the rear cap.
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Called this morning and found out goes into building 7 on 10/19 and leaves for paint the morning of 10/25. They said though there's a good chance it could even leave for paint on 10/24 in afternoon. Going to look at flights now. Once there where is best place to stay? Ship date is 11/11, counting down the days now!
We will be there on the 24th and 25th, with a meeting with Michele Howard on the 25th. Ordering in Dec.
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We will be there on the 24th and 25th, with a meeting with Michele Howard on the 25th. Ordering in Dec.
Nice, maybe we'll run into each other! I'll be on both tours on the 24th, it will be just myself as my wife has to stay back with our kids in school. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see our coach being built!
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Nice, maybe we'll run into each other! I'll be on both tours on the 24th, it will be just myself as my wife has to stay back with our kids in school. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see our coach being built!
That would be great. Maybe we can get together for lunch or dinner and talk about your ordering experience.
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That would be great. Maybe we can get together for lunch or dinner and talk about your ordering experience.
Sounds good, keep me posted and we can meet up.
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What can you really see during build?

We are ordering our LA very soon. We have been to the factory twice and taken tours, but we were always disappointed at how little we could see of the coaches on the tours. Our previous experience had been Tiffin where we could climb all over any coach being built or finished except in paint. We are doing factory pick up but would love to ensure all our specials and options are correct prior to completion. However, I'm just not clear how much we'd get to see...we are 13 hrs from Nappanee so not an easy trip. Those that saw their coaches being built, did they let you go onboard during the build process? The time we had someone with us on the tour they had a bay star being built and the tour guide took any pictures, not letting them go onboard. Would like to know others' experiences.
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We are ordering our LA very soon. We have been to the factory twice and taken tours, but we were always disappointed at how little we could see of the coaches on the tours. Our previous experience had been Tiffin where we could climb all over any coach being built or finished except in paint. We are doing factory pick up but would love to ensure all our specials and options are correct prior to completion. However, I'm just not clear how much we'd get to see...we are 13 hrs from Nappanee so not an easy trip. Those that saw their coaches being built, did they let you go onboard during the build process? The time we had someone with us on the tour they had a bay star being built and the tour guide took any pictures, not letting them go onboard. Would like to know others' experiences.
I've been here since Wednesday last week watching our coach being built. Yes on every tour (2/day) I've been allowed anywhere I want on my coach from 10 minutes to 30 minutes at a time (got lucky one tour I was only person so we went straight to coach for entire "tour"). Everyone from the tour guides to workers have been great! Any questions let me know. I have 1 more day then back home & coach goes off to paint! I will say as others will affirm if you can make it for the build its very worthwhile.
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