[kb0zke]

Thanks, all. We weren't planning on bidding on that particular coach. I just was using it as an example of the vintage. I actually passed the link on to someone else who might be more interested, and he called about it. Yes, it is a repo and has some problems. He also decided to pass.

The more I read about Newells the better they sound. At the risk of sounding like I'm insulting three brands (that's NOT my intention), it looks to me like Newell combines the features we like best about the two brands that have been at the top of our list. We like the wide body (some 'Birds and Foretravels), steel body ('Birds), mid-entry (some 'Birds and some Foretravels), and the airbag leveling (Foretravel). What we don't like is expensive repairs (guess that applies to all motorhomes).

Last summer we visited Motorhomes of Texas and saw a fairly new Newell. It was W-A-A-A-Y out of our price range, but it was open and Stewart said to go in and take a look. All four of us in the group agreed that it was too pretty to actually live in, and we went back across the lot to the Foretravels from the '90s. I like luxury, but I don't like glitz (or bling, as the kids call it). Of course, it has only been in the past 10 years that I've decided the 1967 El Dorado isn't completely ugly.