kirbymurphy
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I did find this at CruiseAmerica
http://www.cruiseamerica.com/buy/buyers_resources/powertrain_protection.aspx
It states $1650 for 5 year/100,000 miles
Hope that is 100,000 miles after purchase. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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CatchinBluegill
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IAMICHABOD wrote:CatchinBluegill,
I also bought mine at the Santa Fe Springs location.A lot of nice people there,say hello to Darylin if you get a chance.
Good luck and we need pictures... ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
Darylin is my sales contact, and yes, she's very nice and really helpful. An overall great experience so far, I'd definitely recommend her to others.
Having the full service record is nice, and I had her email it to me so I could grep out pieces of information from it. Haven't bothered to try and make it usable as a spreadsheet because it's a formatting mess (inconsistent number of columns is the biggest problem), but command-line tools get me the pieces of info I want.
It's getting a head-to-toe exam from an RV inspector tomorrow. That may be less necessary than with your average used motorhome because of how well El Monte maintains their vehicles, but I still regard it as money well spent in making sure there are (probably) no hidden and unaddressed problems that will bite me later.
Will definitely post pics after I get it home (which may be next weekend; still TBD).
Darylin didn't mention extended warranties, but I'll ping her about that and see what she says.
Thanks!
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Snowman9000
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kirbymurphy wrote:I did find this at CruiseAmerica
http://www.cruiseamerica.com/buy/buyers_resources/powertrain_protection.aspx
It states $1650 for 5 year/100,000 miles
Hope that is 100,000 miles after purchase.
They probably figure that since the average Class C owner puts something like 5,000-6,000 miles on a year, they are only going to have to cover 25,000-30,000 miles. I'm not saying it's a ripoff. I'm only saying to look at your intended usage.
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kirbymurphy
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Snowman9000 wrote:kirbymurphy wrote:I did find this at CruiseAmerica
http://www.cruiseamerica.com/buy/buyers_resources/powertrain_protection.aspx
It states $1650 for 5 year/100,000 miles
Hope that is 100,000 miles after purchase.
They probably figure that since the average Class C owner puts something like 5,000-6,000 miles on a year, they are only going to have to cover 25,000-30,000 miles. I'm not saying it's a ripoff. I'm only saying to look at your intended usage.
I'd probably keep it 2 years at most. I just replaced the engine in my conversion van at a cost of $3400, and the tranny fixed for $900. If I'm buying an RV with 144,000 miles it seems a $1600 warranty isn't a bad idea. Looking at as and reading the forums make me think RVs are overloaded and experience frequent powertrain problems.
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I just bought a 2006 Majestic 23a with 145.000 miles that was a prior cruise america. The unit needs some TLC but I think I got a good deal at $7500. Will be looking for a lot of info and help on here to get a few things straighten out.
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kirbymurphy
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Jojorico wrote:I just bought a 2006 Majestic 23a with 145.000 miles that was a prior cruise america. The unit needs some TLC but I think I got a good deal at $7500. Will be looking for a lot of info and help on here to get a few things straighten out.
How did you find a 2006 at for $7500? Everyone I've looked at was 2011 or newer and around $22,000.
Are you happy with the size?
Thanks!
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kirbymurphy wrote:Jojorico wrote:I just bought a 2006 Majestic 23a with 145.000 miles that was a prior cruise america. The unit needs some TLC but I think I got a good deal at $7500. Will be looking for a lot of info and help on here to get a few things straighten out.
How did you find a 2006 at for $7500? Everyone I've looked at was 2011 or newer and around $22,000.
Are you happy with the size?
Thanks!
Got it off of Craiglist from a private party. They had bought it from the rent company a few years back.
Don't know about size yet but I think it will be good. It's only my wife and our little dog.
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Snowman9000
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That's one aspect of buying a used rental with high miles; the resale is probably not very high once it becomes just a private party sale with no backing of Cruise America or El Monte.
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CatchinBluegill
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El Monte offers an extended warranty plan for the coach systems that covers "generator, roof AC, refrigerator, microwave, oven, heater, waste/water system, both slide outs, jacks, and LP system." $2199 for four years, $100 deductible, good nationwide.
Did any of you who bought from El Monte take that, and if so, did you have to use it?
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kirbymurphy wrote:I did find this at CruiseAmerica
http://www.cruiseamerica.com/buy/buyers_resources/powertrain_protection.aspx
I'd probably keep it 2 years at most. I just replaced the engine in my conversion van at a cost of $3400, and the tranny fixed for $900. If I'm buying an RV with 144,000 miles it seems a $1600 warranty isn't a bad idea. Looking at as and reading the forums make me think RVs are overloaded and experience frequent powertrain problems.
FWIW, my sales contact at El Monte told me, when I asked about drive train extended warranties, that they used to offer them, through the same company that CA uses. The reason they stopped, and just went with offering their own 12/12 power train warranty, is that she wasn't aware of any case in which the extended warranty company actually paid on a claim - which, of course, made for unhappy customers.
She said the 4 year "box" warranty which covers all the major coach systems, is actually pretty good and the company that supplies it is reliable. Thinking about that one. Picking up my motorhome Wednesday.
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