08-15-2018, 05:56 PM
Drove down to Jacksonville today and looked at #392. She's a 95 and been for sale for around 18 months. Started out at Lazydays for $119K. Price has been lowered numerous times over the many months and now she's at little PoDunk dealer in Jax. They had her for 459K and now at $56K.
Frankly I figured it would be a clunker. Not at all, nice clean unit, 165K miles, 4000 hours on the gen set. No odors, no leaks. It was pouring down rain, good time to check for leaks. Ran down the road very well, nice and straight, no shimmy's, rattles, nothing! Gen set ran as it should, no smoke on startup etc. 20KW unit.
Problems I found, front AC unit weak at best. The entry door when closed can't be opened from the outside. I figured it out in about 5 seconds. The exterior handle is loose and not allowing the connecting rod to make it's full stroke and release the lock. Works fine inside. The sales dude played dumb. Or maybe he wasn't playing. When the headlights are switched on and the dash lights turned to bright, the temp gauges on the engine and gen set show full hot and the fuel gauge goes to zero. Turn the rheostat to zero and gauges go normal. Otherwise couldn't really find anything earth shattering. Usual wear and tear on some interior upholstery tires are 2013's and perfect, show no signs of deterioration, cracks rot etc. Actually treads look new. I may change them due to age. All the bays are dry and clean, engine compartment clean with no glaring leaks underneath. Undercarriage is clean, virtually no rust could be found anywhere.
Going back in the morning to spend 5-6 hours going over her more closely. Batteries are all new.
Anyway the sales guy said they'd take $54K for her as is. We are thinking this is a real fare price on a 95 newell.
Thoughts?
Frankly I figured it would be a clunker. Not at all, nice clean unit, 165K miles, 4000 hours on the gen set. No odors, no leaks. It was pouring down rain, good time to check for leaks. Ran down the road very well, nice and straight, no shimmy's, rattles, nothing! Gen set ran as it should, no smoke on startup etc. 20KW unit.
Problems I found, front AC unit weak at best. The entry door when closed can't be opened from the outside. I figured it out in about 5 seconds. The exterior handle is loose and not allowing the connecting rod to make it's full stroke and release the lock. Works fine inside. The sales dude played dumb. Or maybe he wasn't playing. When the headlights are switched on and the dash lights turned to bright, the temp gauges on the engine and gen set show full hot and the fuel gauge goes to zero. Turn the rheostat to zero and gauges go normal. Otherwise couldn't really find anything earth shattering. Usual wear and tear on some interior upholstery tires are 2013's and perfect, show no signs of deterioration, cracks rot etc. Actually treads look new. I may change them due to age. All the bays are dry and clean, engine compartment clean with no glaring leaks underneath. Undercarriage is clean, virtually no rust could be found anywhere.
Going back in the morning to spend 5-6 hours going over her more closely. Batteries are all new.
Anyway the sales guy said they'd take $54K for her as is. We are thinking this is a real fare price on a 95 newell.
Thoughts?