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12-13-2020, 02:27 PM
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I am looking to buy a new 45' Motor Coach
Hello,
I am looking to buy a new 45' motor coach
i'm comparing
Tiffin Zepher vs. Entegra Cornerstone vs. American Eagle
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12-13-2020, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: fulltime
Posts: 680
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Tiffen, monico and newar are the best outside of prevost
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12-13-2020, 03:57 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined us! 
You probably couldn't go wrong with any of those. Are you looking for new or used?
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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12-13-2020, 04:31 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern California
Posts: 5,868
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Butler
Hello,
I am looking to buy a new 45' motor coach
i'm comparing
Tiffin Zepher vs. Entegra Cornerstone vs. American Eagle
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What is your question?
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1995 38' CC Magna #5280 **** Sold after 21 years of enjoyment.
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12-13-2020, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ & Plover, WI
Posts: 6,403
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Either one is a good choice. The Cornerstone is better insulated than the others. If you broaden your search to the Newmar Mountain Aire or London Aire, they are also better insulated the the Tiffin or AE. As a result, they are easier to heat and cool plus less road noise.
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2006 Monaco Executive 44 Denali
2013 43 QGP Allegro Bus ( SOLD )
2013 Avalanche
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12-13-2020, 07:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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I always say, pick the floorplan first, colors second, manufacturer third, chassis is fourth. ( only Nemar has a chassis choice on some models)
You gotta live in it.
I’ve seen some nice high end MHs I would never buy because it never got past #2.
My recommendations kinda fit how Newell, Liberty, and Marathon does things.
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2022 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited
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12-13-2020, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club Newmar Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Suffolk, VA / Roaring Gap NC
Posts: 643
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Welcome! Do you have experience with RV's? You are looking at very sophisticated rigs, are you comfortable with the gear or will this be a learning event?
We went with a 38' gasser for our first rig. We went with Newmar on that rig so we could do the factory delivery and get a full week with the rep learning the rig (it was our first).
Two years later, we have a Cornerstone on order. It checks our boxes. DW liked the floor plan and fit and finish. I was good with the mechanicals and the liked the two year warranty.
I would also offer that you put as much thought into the dealer you buy from, as you do in the rig you choose.
Best of luck, see you around the campfire (socially distant, of course).
j
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2021 Entegra Cornerstone 45 F/2019 Chevy Colorado toad
(2019 Newmar Canyon Star)(traded in)
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12-14-2020, 05:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Westfield, IN, at the moment
Posts: 271
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12-14-2020, 05:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Alberta
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Welcome aboard. 
Glad you were able to join us
IMO the manufacturer is by far the most important feature.
The colours, floor plan cabinet quality are very insignifican if your coach spends much of its life in the repair shop. 
We will upgrading to either a Newmar Dutch Star or an Entegra next year or whenever the world returns to something like normal. Good luck with your search.
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2022 Chevy Equinox RS.
2007 Dutch Star
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12-14-2020, 05:35 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club Entegra Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by New2road
I would also offer that you put as much thought into the dealer you buy from, as you do in the rig you choose.
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+1000 - You are going to run into things that need to be fixed and serviced. Having a good dealer or the mothership close "within a couple hundred miles from home" where they can be addressed will make living with the motorhome so much easier.
This was my important lesson with my first RV purchase.
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12-14-2020, 06:02 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Saint Louis
Posts: 16
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Tiffin Allegro Bus on order
We recently ordered a Tiffin Allegro Bus OPP with every option and saved the extra $100K to buy a small lot and build a pole barn for the rv near our 2nd home in Michigan. Although not quite as luxurious as the Zepher I think we will be very satisfied and had a broader group of dealers to choose from since only a few Tiffin dealers carry the Zephers. Good luck.
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12-14-2020, 07:28 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 15
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Entegra Cornerstone. Best bang for your money.
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12-14-2020, 09:35 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Oxford, Conn & Davenport,Florida
Posts: 849
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Butler
Hello,
I am looking to buy a new 45' motor coach
i'm comparing
Tiffin Zepher vs. Entegra Cornerstone vs. American Eagle
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Mr Butler, you have picked some classy Buses to consider.......
BUT
I would recommend that to drop the American Eagle out of your search......T is far from the Quality of the other 2
You could add a Newmar to compare with,however.... Probably he Essex would be in the price range of the other 2
I think the Newmar has better insulation.......and I haven't looked at the Velvet...C
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Limited....GO NOLES
2012 (Piglet)American Tradition Merlot-Spartan>>SOLD
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12-14-2020, 02:50 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: West Palm Beach, FL. USA
Posts: 27,697
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Tiffen, monico and newar are the best outside of prevost
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You may be out-of-date. Monaco is just another brand label in the Rev Group stable, along with Fleetwood, Holiday Rambler and American Coach. Not much unique about it vs those other brands.
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Gary Brinck
Former owner of 2004 American Tradition and several other RVs
Home is West Palm Beach, FL
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