08-25-2018, 11:14 PM
Hello to everyone whom shares the feeling of freedom, sense of excitement and adventure every time you pull up anchor and depart for the next place of wonder and fellowship. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Steve, I have spent the last 40 years of my life in no particular order raising 4 children, starting and managing 3 businesses, being married a total of 28 years and divorced twice. During that time I built or renovated 6 homes for my family, started my obsession with motorhomes in 1983 with a 1978 28’ class A and worked my way up through a 30, a 36 and a 40’ Eagle. Most of our motor home expeditions were winter affairs traveling with my children to almost every ski area in the Northeast and then out West. Ask me anything about how to boondock at 8,000 feet in subzero temps with blizzard conditions. Or ask me what can’t go wrong, especially in one of the early coaches!
Well times have changed and so have I, no more children, with the lady of my dreams and finally finished being a slave to work. I retired this year at 63 and am planning how to spend the next 3-4 years traveling around this magnificent continent meeting interesting people and looking for adventures wherever it may be. Right now I am doing my diligence and comparing a select few coaches. Newell’s are high on the list for all the obvious reasons, the market for Newell’s has me looking at coaches between 1999-2003. There are some exceptions and this is where I am going to ask for some help.
Newell’s seem to be made for the long haul, many are powered by Detroit’s, I get somewhat confused when I hear of Detroit’s having rebuilds at 100–150K. What’s up with the million mile tag line? That being said when would mileage be a concern with a Newell? The construction and materials of these coaches would seem to indicate the potential for many years of usage. I guess my question would formulate to how will or when mileage affect the price of a coach? And by virtue should mileage affect the price? I wish to thank anyone for advice and look forward to future ownership of a Newell.
Well times have changed and so have I, no more children, with the lady of my dreams and finally finished being a slave to work. I retired this year at 63 and am planning how to spend the next 3-4 years traveling around this magnificent continent meeting interesting people and looking for adventures wherever it may be. Right now I am doing my diligence and comparing a select few coaches. Newell’s are high on the list for all the obvious reasons, the market for Newell’s has me looking at coaches between 1999-2003. There are some exceptions and this is where I am going to ask for some help.
Newell’s seem to be made for the long haul, many are powered by Detroit’s, I get somewhat confused when I hear of Detroit’s having rebuilds at 100–150K. What’s up with the million mile tag line? That being said when would mileage be a concern with a Newell? The construction and materials of these coaches would seem to indicate the potential for many years of usage. I guess my question would formulate to how will or when mileage affect the price of a coach? And by virtue should mileage affect the price? I wish to thank anyone for advice and look forward to future ownership of a Newell.