"Must Haves" with a new purchase

[USN Retiree]

Originally Posted by Trokay

With a Thor Aria you must have a lot of patience, a high tolerance for poor quality fit and finish, an ability to make repairs and an extended warranty.

What kind of extended warranty do you have? what does it cover?

[Trokay]

We didn't have one. Aria was 17 months old and three storage bays failed and were replaced for $15,000 and the transfer switch failed. Eventhough the damage started during the warranty period and was undetected, Thor would not stand behind the warranty because they weren't notified before the 12 month warranty expired. Happiest day of 25 years of RVing was when we traded at 18 months old for a new Tiffin.

[triplewide]

Originally Posted by USN Retiree

What are some "must have" items you have found you needed after you purchased your Class A? Things that weren't exactly obvious. (not plates and silverware etc.) We are looking at an Aria 3901 as our first MH.

We have fine tuned our, purchased new, 2015 ACE 29.3 currently with 30k miles, after about 70 modifications. Feel like we have pretty well settled on our "gear" also.

My "must haves" pertain to getting there, mobility while there, getting back home.
Top five items, some may not apply to your model:

1. Good towbar , braking system, and toad.
2. Rear track bar
3. Steering stabilizer
4. TPMS
5. Dual GPS systems

Likely to add magnetic sunshades soon, as others have posted.

The gear you will want is greatly impacted by what activities and type of camping you like to do.

[Milford 47]

There is a very low mileage 42GX for sale on the Thor Motor Home Website. 42GX came out to be our choice based on the check list and after looking at a huge number of MH's. Look at the 42GX list of standard equipment and that was all in our must haves. Side radiator wasn't in the list as the shop will maintain ours and the extra storage made it perfect. We have room to spare in the basement and in the coach.