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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / February 2006New 5th wheeler
Just wanted to brag that we just bought a 2006 30' Outback FW and pick it up this Friday. We feel in love with the styling and openness inside. the dealer made us a deal that we couldn't refuse. Hopefully we will get to use it yet this month, depends on what this weather does. It has been up to 60 earlier this month in Iowa, but now is only 29. See you on the open road. Larry 2000 Dodge 1t duelly deciel 2006 Outback >Just wanted to brag that we just bought a 2006 30' Outback FW and pick it up >this Friday. We feel in love with the styling and openness inside. the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >2000 Dodge 1t duelly deciel >2006 Outback What was the list price and what did you pay, if you don't mind me aksing. How did you negotiate with the dealer to get your price. I'm looking for an RV myself and am looking for buying tips. Just picked it up Friday and drove it home last night. First time I towed anything this big but it handles well with the 1T duelly diesel. I got it for $27,000 including taxes, liec. and a new hitch and break controller. It listed at over $38,000 and they discounted it to $28,900 and gave me $4000 for trade on a '95 flagstaff popup. The dealer was easy to work with and the guy that gave a walkthrough of the camper was great. At least I have seen how everything works, now if I remember this spring. The only problem is to try to find a place to store this thing until I get a spot cleared next to the house that I hopfully will fit into. Can't wait till spring. Larry 2006 30' Outback FW 2000 Dodge 1T duelly Diesel >>Just wanted to brag that we just bought a 2006 30' Outback FW and pick it >>up [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Newsgroups > ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- > Just picked it up Friday and drove it home last night. First time I towed > anything this big but it handles well with the 1T duelly diesel. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > spot cleared next to the house that I hopfully will fit into. Can't wait > till spring. Hi Congratulations on your new 5th Wheel. Why park it until spring? Wait until you back it up and see how big it looks compared to when you saw it on the sales lot. I had a drive expanded for my MH and to my surprise it was a lot bigger than it appeared. Glad all my neighbors are not the bitchy type. L e e (Florida) > I had a drive expanded for my MH and to > my surprise it was a lot bigger than it appeared. Ditto that. :\ I had a contractor install what I thought was a HUGE concrete driveway expansion a few years back. I recall I thought I was being VERY generous with the width. Yeah, right... <sigh> If I ever get an RV with a slideout room, I'll have to add at least two more feet to the width of the drive. [grumbling] Advice to those adding a drive next to their home for an RV. Measure BIG, then add a bunch. Then, when you're ready to actually POUR the drive, add two more feet! > Glad all my neighbors are not the bitchy type. Ditto that. Thank God for friendly (and accommodating) neighbors. Thank God also because I am in compliance with the surprisingly few restrictions on RV parking here. My neighbors would have one heck of a time getting me to walk away from the $thousands$ I paid for the concrete driveway and start PAYING for, and putting up with the hassle of, off-site storage. The most relaxing thing about camping, next to camping itself, is storing the rig RIGHT NEXT to my home.  Signature:) JR 2000 Skamper Ultra 249 TT 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Vortec 8100 - Allison 1000 >Just picked it up Friday and drove it home last night. First time I towed >anything this big but it handles well with the 1T duelly diesel. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >2006 30' Outback FW >2000 Dodge 1T duelly Diesel Thank-you for the response. It seems 25-30% off list is the norm. A few good hagglers do a little better, some worse. I was talking to a salesman at an RV show recently. He said they were having a "show sale" and offered me a price on one unit that he said was the lowest price anywhere. Afterwards, a couple who had overheard our conversation approached me and said they had the near same unit and bought it in Atlanta for nearly $5K less than the price I was just offered. Atlanta is about 500 miles from where I live, and I think I'd drive 500 miles for a $5K savings - provided I can get service and warranty problems resolved locally. Can you (or anyone in the group) comment on the wisdom of buying away from home to get a better price. Mind you, I wouln't bother for a couple thousand, but a $5K savings got my attention. >>>Just wanted to brag that we just bought a 2006 30' Outback FW and pick it >>>up [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Newsgroups >> ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- Before you drive 500 miles to get a better price, go to the salesman you talked to at the RV show and tell him you can buy the same rig in Atlanta for $5,000 less and he can match the price or you buy in Atlanta. But I would check first and see if you really can buy the same thing in Atlanta for 5 G's less. SignatureJerryD(upstateNY) Thank-you for the response. It seems 25-30% off list is the norm. A few good hagglers do a little better, some worse. I was talking to a salesman at an RV show recently. He said they were having a "show sale" and offered me a price on one unit that he said was the lowest price anywhere. Afterwards, a couple who had overheard our conversation approached me and said they had the near same unit and bought it in Atlanta for nearly $5K less than the price I was just offered. Atlanta is about 500 miles from where I live, and I think I'd drive 500 miles for a $5K savings - provided I can get service and warranty problems resolved locally. Can you (or anyone in the group) comment on the wisdom of buying away from home to get a better price. Mind you, I wouln't bother for a couple thousand, but a $5K savings got my attention. >> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:59:37 GMT, "lmbevard" >> <lmbevard@Help_stop_spam_mchsi.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> Newsgroups >> ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:34:44 GMT, "JerryD\(upstateNY\)" <jerry@righthere.com> wrote: >Before you drive 500 miles to get a better price, go to the salesman you >talked to at the RV show and tell him you can buy the same rig in Atlanta >for $5,000 less and he can match the price or you buy in Atlanta. >But I would check first and see if you really can buy the same thing in >Atlanta for 5 G's less. Also, think seriously about the warranty items. Normally the warranty states: The manufacturer and the selling dealer warrant....... If you buy from another dealer, the local dealer has no responsibility to you. Might get to be a hassle. George > Also, think seriously about the warranty items. Normally the warranty > states: The manufacturer and the selling dealer warrant....... If you > buy from another dealer, the local dealer has no responsibility to > you. Oh, I dunno... If I buy a brand new Chevy in Omaha, only to have it break down within its factory warranty period in Longville, Minnesota, 500-miles away, I suspect that any authorized Chevrolet service center can - and will - perform warranty work. I'll bet Fleetwood, for example, can (and does) easily exert pressure on a dealership to perform warranty work on their products EVEN THOUGH they weren't purchased at that particular dealership. > Might get to be a hassle. Oh, absolutely! The chances of receiving better after-the-sale warranty work are MUCH better at the same place where you bought the rig than at another outlet - particularly during high season. Still, at a ten bucks/mile ($5k), if that actually pans out, it would be WORTH the hassle of having to WAIT for local warranty work, if it came to that. Signature:) JR | > Also, think seriously about the warranty items. Normally the warranty | > states: The manufacturer and the selling dealer warrant....... If you [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] | Still, at a ten bucks/mile ($5k), if that actually pans out, it would be WORTH | the hassle of having to WAIT for local warranty work, if it came to that. My experience: I bought a Discovery Motorhome from Bankston RV in Huntsville, Al. (225 miles from home). When I had some small things that needed attention during the warranty period, I took it to Chilhowee RV (an authorized Fleetwood dealer), in Alcoa, TN. (50 miles from home). The service manager asked me where I bought the Motorhome and when I told him, he told me to take it back to where I bought it. Well, I did. But I have not been back to Chilhowee RV for anything since! -- John The dealer I bought it from belongs to a network of dealers that are suppose to work together on service issues. In fact, there are two dealers about 50 miles away that are authorized in the network BOTOH the dealer I bought from is only 110 miles away. That was the main reason that I bought from further away, the only close dealer is 25 miles away, 5 dealers about 50 miles away and then a bunch about 100. the "local" dealers have very little to choose from and could not match the deal. Larry > | > Also, think seriously about the warranty items. Normally the warranty > | > states: The manufacturer and the selling dealer warrant....... If you [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > Well, I did. > But I have not been back to Chilhowee RV for anything since! Imbevard's comment toward their new Outback "...fell in love with the styling and openness inside" reminded me of our recent peek inside Outback Travel Trailers. Their unique white cabinetry (interior) seemed to enhance that open feeling and am wondering if this might have accounted for Imbevard's feelings. In other words, does their 5th W also have the white interior? Yes it does, and I agree with you that that is one of the things that makes it seem so open. Also the closets in the bedroom only come up to my shoulder, so you have that sense of openedness, no more cabinet wall in your face. On another note, just had to back the 5th into a drive for the first time last night and didn't do really bad. Took two stabs at hitting the drive but keep going off angled, so had a few back and forths. Still got to get my wife to talk to me about where the rear end of the camper is instead of standing there and waiting until I hit something. Oh well, we're learning. Larry > Imbevard's comment toward their new Outback "...fell in love with the > styling and openness inside" reminded me of our recent peek inside > Outback Travel Trailers. Their unique white cabinetry (interior) > seemed to enhance that open feeling and am wondering if this might have > accounted for Imbevard's feelings. In other words, does their 5th W > also have the white interior? > got to get my wife to talk to me about where the rear end of the camper > is instead of standing there and waiting until I hit something. > Oh well, we're learning. After many years, my wife and I get along perfectly well when backing-into a site. I get out and scope-out the site and decide how I will (try) to back in. Leslie is backe there as a Human Proximity Detector only. I do NOT make her responsible for my ability - or lack thereof - to back-in properly. Her job is to basically scream like a Banshee if the camper is about to hit something. Signature:) JR >>got to get my wife to talk to me about where the rear end of the camper >>is instead of standing there and waiting until I hit something. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > responsible for my ability - or lack thereof - to back-in properly. Her job > is to basically scream like a Banshee if the camper is about to hit something. I do pretty much the same thing, but I station Mrs. A at the point where I want the drivers side rear corner to end up. That way I can see her and aim for that spot. She has sense enough to get out of the way. (I still love her after 46 years...) John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee > Yes it does, and I agree with you that that is one of the things that makes > it seem so open. Also the closets in the bedroom only come up to my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Larry Make sure to tell her to look up when backing into a campsite with trees. It took me a while to get Mrs. A to do that. Those little FRS radios also help. Make sure she pushes the button BEFORE she starts to talk. Took me a whle to get Mrs. A to do that, too. >>Imbevard's comment toward their new Outback "...fell in love with the >>styling and openness inside" reminded me of our recent peek inside >>Outback Travel Trailers. Their unique white cabinetry (interior) >>seemed to enhance that open feeling and am wondering if this might have >>accounted for Imbevard's feelings. In other words, does their 5th W >>also have the white interior? > On another note, just had to back the 5th into a drive for the first time > last night and didn't do really bad. Took two stabs at hitting the drive > but keep going off angled, so had a few back and forths. Still got to get > my wife to talk to me about where the rear end of the camper is instead of > standing there and waiting until I hit something. Oh well, we're learning. Get a radio. It helps. |
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