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Hoof-hearted · 09-27-2024, 08:26 PM

Been looking for a newer coach. Have a 1999 Discovery 34Q and she's a bit small now that the g-kids are nearing teens. Anyway, have been looking to upgrade by 10-12 years (yet stay away from DEF) and have noticed that there seems to be little to no 2010-2012 units on the market. Anyone have any ideas why that might be? Did it have to do with the econimic downturn in 2008 with the builders?
Jim

Dieselboy · 09-27-2024, 08:34 PM

Depends what coach you're after. DEF started to become commonplace around 2009-2010, unless you got a motor that was sitting on a pallet for quite some time that didn't require it. Certainly by 2012 it became much harder to find one without it. Also, 2010-2012 coach manufacturing numbers may have just been low due to great recession recovery. Though I am only speculating and have no hard data to back that up with.

**NLOVNIT** · 09-27-2024, 09:00 PM

You didn't say if you were looking gas (that's staying away from DEF) or diesel. There's a gas just showed up in our Classifieds in your age range
https://www.irv2.com/rvclassifieds/s...65-miles&cat=4

I also did a general search on rvtrader for 2010-2012 years & that returned 754 Class A total results

On edit: filtering for diesel got me 356 Class A's

Stonefish · 09-28-2024, 10:28 AM

Premier RV has some coaches that may grab your attention. They are in Oregon.

MikenDebbie · 09-28-2024, 03:02 PM

Agree with Stonefish…Premier RV in Oregon. I watch their YouTube videos all the time. They have some very nice units on hand that fit your search.

jacwjames · 09-28-2024, 07:46 PM

The RV industry was in turmoil during this time, several large manufacturers went bankrupt and/or were bought by other brands. Manufacturing was limited. This was right after the "great recession".

I know in 2009 Monaco was struggling and eventually went into bankruptcy. I toured the plant in Aug 2009 and it was being manned by a skeleton crew putting out minimal number of coaches. They were eventually bought by Navistar who ultimately failed.

Several other brands went under.

Stonefish · 09-29-2024, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dieselboy

Depends what coach you're after. DEF started to become commonplace around 2009-2010, unless you got a motor that was sitting on a pallet for quite some time that didn't require it. Certainly by 2012 it became much harder to find one without it. Also, 2010-2012 coach manufacturing numbers may have just been low due to great recession recovery. Though I am only speculating and have no hard data to back that up with.

That would be right. I have 2009 CC with a 2007 ISL 425.