08-18-2025, 02:32 PM
Appreciate your write up Richard, I was curios about your thoughts with the different coaches. I can say the best driving coach I have driven would have to be my 86 MCI 102A3 with over a million miles on the chassis (ex greyhound). I felt like I could wheel that coach around like it was a Camry. I have driven 1 Prevost but it was an 89 and it had bad king pins so it drove worse than my Wanderlodge and the Newell. I am really not surprised that Prevost's drive better than an earlier Newell. They have many more miles of coach use in their favor, with feedback coming from operators and drivers. I would be curious to see the comparison of same age coaches like you said Richard. Maybe one of these guys with a newer coach will let you take it for a spin for a comparison one day. I would assume there are some differences in how they drive when they went to the ZF suspensions.
Great write up and keep us posted on your further exploits.
Great write up and keep us posted on your further exploits.
Jeff LoGiudice
Temple Terrace, Fl & Loudon & Monterey, TN
1984 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT40
1998 Newell 2000 #490
1986 MCI/TMC 102A3 (sold)

