Wow, what a day yesterday. We cleaned and rearranged stuff all day so that the RV would fit in the driveway. Almost touch the road with the front while backing it in, we have a dip at the front of the drive way and will be looking in to making it not so low there. Had to move a stuff in both garages to park vehicles and still be able to get them out and not hit the coach. Then cleaning all the bugs off and the dryer sheets worked great, thanks smlranger for the tip. We took the stuff that came with it out of the belly and we got some cool stuff that I just didn't realize was in there when we were doing all our inspections.
What we found:
Road master Falcon tow bar but our cant be towed 4-dow, so may sell this and put money towards a tow dolly.
4 color matched tire covers, RV sun shades for the windshield, drivers window, door window, wiper blade covers, and mirror covers. We put them on but it was kind of a pain, but cool that it came with the RV.
Extra engine belts, and some filters. This made me really happy, who every owned it before thinks like I do with being prepared.
Talking about who ever owned it before, we found out some info before we left. We were putting on the temp tag and the old temp tag expired Sept 2016. Why did this have a temp tag and not a dealer tag like the other ones for sale, but didn't think much about it. Went in and talked to the lady that welcomes you into the Motorhomes of Texas owners club and she gave us a goody bag with a magazine, cups, t-shirt. I was checking out the magazine and it showed people with there coaches who have bought in the last 6 months. So there was a picture of a Mountain Aire just like we bought and the owners names. But then I realized that is the one we just bought and that name was on all the keys and service paperwork. So I had to ask just because I was interested.
So they told me. The owner that had this since 2012 put it with them for consignment, he did not trade it for anything just needed out of the owning a RV world. It sold and some one bought it in July 2016. Shortly after that it overheated and they bang it back to MOT. Was in the shop for 3 months fixing the head gasket/overheating problem and the new owners were mad that the bill was pushing 10k. In the end MOT bought the coach back because the owners thought they had a problematic rig and during this time the wife got sick. So they never even registered it in their name. I do not know if they lost money as this was a consignment and as is warranty, but I cant see MOT giving them the purchase price they paid.
When MOT bought it, they put even more money in some repairs and put it on the lot. MOT doesn't go through consignment rigs and fix stuff if the seller is not paying them to do so. But rigs MOT trades on and owns goes through the shop and all repairs made so that at the time of sale everything is in working order.
So who ever had it before them took fantastic care of the coach. The people who bought it before me and only owned it for a few month might just have had some bad luck with a used coach. But that means I was kind of lucky and they fixed all the stuff before we found it. The salesmen never lied to me, I just didn't ask anything along that line of the old owners. Sorry so long but it was just so weird seeing the coach we just bought in their owners group magazine sold just a few months ago, so I thought I would share that info. It doesn't worry me bout our purchase, everything was working when I signed the line and I know stuff is going to break some day. And like Smitty77 said, I'm going to need a credit card just for the DP for the 'stuf' that will go wrong, lol.
Well again thanks to everyone who took their time to post info and suggestions for us on our adventure of buying this coach. Going to post in the specific forum places for all the upcoming advice we are going to need. First on the list is purchasing a TPMS, research what tow dolly to get, buy a dog ramp for Husker (she had knee surgery 5 weeks ago and is 9 years old so stairs are hard for her) and enjoy the view out that big windshield.
Happy new to us Mountain Aire owners,
Jen & Gary
P.S. I just realized I have a coach to go to the IRV2 really in Sept, going to check out the dates and see if Army crap is in the way. Wow, I just might get to meet others out there sooner then I though
Linear Mode
