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Welcome to the forum. Personally I find the 05's to be some of the most attractive coaches Newell has ever built if it had the updated front/rear caps. Valid slides, steerable tag, pre DEF, spyder controls. Probably the only knock would be I'm guessing it's got a 14L with EGR vs. a pre EGR Series 60, but properly maintained those are still great engines.

There is also an entire section on here about things to consider when buying a Newell. My two cents is having some level of prior coach experience a plus, but the best skills are either being well versed in all things electrical, mechanical, etc. OR having a very trusted local mechanic that is willing to dig in. The folks on here are amazing at providing technical assistance and Newell is great for that as well, but without the proper knowledge or desire to learn it would be not much fun in my view.

I also agree with Karl on the mileage. I'm a little jaded in that I bought on '03 with about 250k and 9k hours on the generator and I actually prefer something with miles as I know it was actually used and these things sitting are the death of them in many instances.