Complete newbie seeking advice

[Ryan Wright]

Leroy,

On 8/17/06, Leroy Eckert wrote:
> Ryan: My two cents. I'll make it short. Three years ago I was in your
position. For
> 6 months, I looked at BB's and others, cheap ones, expensive ones, and new
> plastic ones. I finally paid more than planned for the one I purchased. I
have said it
> before, I'm happy that I did. I have had very few problems. The %$# thing
may blow
> up tomorrow but that is the way it goes with a bus. We love it. You
generally get
> what you pay for.

Thank you for this input. I, too, have been looking at "new plastic
ones" (well, gently used plastic ones) and I don't like what I see. On
the surface, I'm finding they're beautiful, however they don't seem to
be built very well. These 20 year old Wanderlodges look to be in much
better condition than even a 5 year old plastic coach.

Everyone else whom I didn't address: Thank you all for your help and
advice. I have learned something new from each of you and I greatly
appreciate your taking the time to help me. I'll be digging in and
doing a lot more research, following your links, etc, for the next
several weeks to months. There is actually a rally coming up next
weekend not too far from me (Washington State) and I'm going to see if
I can make it, hopefully meet some of you in person and get a good up
close look at these machines. If I don't make it, well, I'll have to
catch the next one.

Thanks again,

-Ryan