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The water damage around the toilet may or may not be water damage. I recently re wallpapered that area, and I can say the original looked like your pictures with peeling at the edges. On mine there was no water damage beneath the ugly peeling paper.

The Newell has aluminum skin as you know. It is tough on exposed edges not to get a little paint corrosion. Almost all of us have some. I used to worry about it, and after eight years of Newell ownership, I don't worry about the coach corroding away.

Big cracks in interior laminate bear further investigation.

Crack in the tile, I don't know. Could be from flexing, could be from dropping something on it.

Rear slide seal cycling between vac and pressure needs some investigation. You do not want the seal to inflate while you are moving the slide.

No idea on the fogged windows.  But I would check the walls under the windows for signs of long term leakage. That goes for ANY coach. A small ice pick right at the floor juncture can reveal a LOT.

Not trying to say these are or are not problems. But if you are like me, I don't know what is normal or abnormal when I first hit the learning curve.



Was it what you thought it would be?
Did it drive like you thought it would?
Was it quiet?

Thanks for the input. I think you are spot on, especially with the wall paper issue. I think that the humidity in the bathroom probably teamed it off.

There is little doubt that the slide was hung up and pulled the little bit of skin away but it doesn't sound like a difficult fix according to Newell.

The slide seal sounded like a 6 hour procedure at the factory using slide rail extensions and the cost of the part so North of a grand.

The coach was stupidly quiet and drove great. There is one clunk in the front suspension that shouldn't be too difficult to resolve.

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That story sounds kinda lame to me, why would they 'wholesale' the coach just because is was previously involved in a scandal?  They don't mind 'losing money' on it because they may eventually win a suit over it?  Ignoring that the coach seems like it's ok but I would get date codes from the tires and batteries if possible to verify they are new.  Even new batteries can get killed quickly if not on a decent battery charger (don't ask how I know this) - check that the batteries are actually charging both when on the inverter/charger and the engine alternator...  good luck!

You misread (or I mistyped). They supposedly had a wholesale manager in charge of their trades and he would stick them on the back lot until he found a wholesaler willing to pay the dealership $460,000 for a $500,000 coach on put $20,000 in his personal bank account. That is simply an example but the wholesale buyer pays $20K under market for the coach and the dealer's wholesale guy makes a big tax free bonus.

It sounds like he couldn't find a wholesale buyer for the Newell to make the numbers work so it sat around.

Good advice. Presumably the alternator is good but that's a simple check.