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01-05-2019, 08:48 AM
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Junior Member
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New DS4018 arriving today
My new DS4018 arrives today, what are some of the most important things for me to check out first.
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01-05-2019, 09:07 AM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
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Congrats......no specific concerns.
Does this mean you'll be picking it up at Lindstroms today? Scotty does a very thorough PDI, including sitting on the two extra chairs to make sure they're not broken.
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2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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01-05-2019, 09:22 AM
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Junior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
Congrats......no specific concerns.
Does this mean you'll be picking it up at Lindstroms today? Scotty does a very thorough PDI, including sitting on the two extra chairs to make sure they're not broken.
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No just arriving today should be ready for pickup Tuesday. Do they really check everything on the PDI check list?
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01-05-2019, 09:41 AM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
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Scotty did. He carries the list around....it's many pages and he goes through every item. He ran all the big items through their paces, like the A/C, dishwasher, washer and dryer, Oasis, awnings, etc. During mine, we found the heat pump in the rear A/C unit was not working.
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Don & Mary
2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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01-05-2019, 10:09 AM
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Junior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch Star Don
Scotty did. He carries the list around....it's many pages and he goes through every item. He ran all the big items through their paces, like the A/C, dishwasher, washer and dryer, Oasis, awnings, etc. During mine, we found the heat pump in the rear A/C unit was not working.
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Thanks about how long is the process?
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01-05-2019, 10:46 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Chico, CA
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Following.
We pick up our 2019 4018 on the 17th from Tom, so I'm interested to hear your feedback.
We've been very impressed with Tom, Scotty, and their crew so far.
Congratulations on your new coach fastlane.
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2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 - Freighliner
2022 F150 Platinum or 1973 Toyota FJ40
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01-05-2019, 12:16 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeyG
Following.
We pick up our 2019 4018 on the 17th from Tom, so I'm interested to hear your feedback.
We've been very impressed with Tom, Scotty, and their crew so far.
Congratulations on your new coach fastlane.
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Thank you He has my 2018 Thor Palazzo 36.1 for sale low price I don't like paying for 2 Hope Tom sells it soon it is a really nice unit.
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01-05-2019, 04:13 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
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I'm guessing around 6-8 hours start to finish. Heck, it can take an hour just to pull all the plastic wrap and Styrofoam out of the refer and remove labels throughout the coach.
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Don & Mary
2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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01-05-2019, 06:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Not Sure, but I think I should have turned left at Albuquerque
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Congratulations.
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2018 DSDP 4327 Spartan
2023 Jeep Wrangler JLU Rubicon
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01-06-2019, 05:36 PM
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Junior Member
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Thank you all for your feedback I dropped by yesterday and Scott was working on it I have no idea how long he was on it I came an hour before the close. He was very careful to check everything on the list I think he has a few more hours to go I will be there Tuesday for the walk through and background on everything that is new to me on this unit. So far I was surprised how he really checked everything I am confident it will all be great. A lot to remember even through this is my fourth coach and I am sure my last.
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01-07-2019, 11:24 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Waco, TX
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Congrats! The only things I found after our delivery was the cat6 feed to the bedroom was plugged into the DVD splitter instead of the satellite splitter and the 12 volt feed to baggage freezer had a wire (white one) that wasn’t connected.
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2019 Dutch Star 4369 - Spartan
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 with Blue Ox Avail - M&G toad braking system
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01-07-2019, 05:03 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
Posts: 24,122
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17 more hours!!!!
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Don & Mary
2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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01-07-2019, 05:16 PM
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Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Andrews TX
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Congratulations... Of course there is a long list of things you need to go through but the most important is to look at the DW and yourself in the mirror and make sure your still smiling.
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01-08-2019, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Posts: 582
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Congrats Fastlane - Enjoy the new coach, and be confident that you will have all the support you need from TL and his crew. We picked up our new coach from them in June 2017.
We did the walk through with them showing us everything, which switches do what, etc. and then spent the night in their lot. That allowed us to really test things out - helped us discover that they had neglected to turn on the electric side of the water heater (there's an extra switch on the WH itself that needs to be flipped on delivery). Otherwise allowed us to come up with an additional list of items that we either didn't remember or they had skipped.
If you don't camp in the lot overnight suggest you stay local for at least a few days so you can come back with any additional questions or concerns.
Enjoy! 
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2017 Ventana LE 3412; 2010 CR-V Toad
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