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Posted By: BoxinTheCompass on 07/25/14 05:58am

Hi yes I saw that advertised.... I think they also recover some of the cushions...

Strange thing though, the little side window on El Monte's site doesnt display on my abdroid phone or kindle tablet... but did show on my pc

Even more compelling... but may upgrade the mattress anyway

Posted By: gotsmart on 07/25/14 06:40pm

cgmartine wrote:

BoxinTheCompass, I can't recall if anyone has mentioned it here, but El Monte RV gives you a brand new mattress when you purchase a new motorhome.

Cruise America also provides a new mattress, as well as new tires on their motorhomes for sale.

2005 Cruise America 28R (Four Winds 28R) on a 2004 Ford E450 SD 6.8L V10 4R100
2009 smart fortwo Passion with Roadmaster "Falcon 2" towbar & tail light kit - pictures

Posted By: BoxinTheCompass on 07/25/14 10:38pm

Oh thats good to know.... I wish CA would include their maintenace record in a sale... then that would certainly be more compelling

Posted By: gotsmart on 07/25/14 11:53pm

CA does have the maintenance history. How long after the sale do they retain it? I don't know. I can tell you that you should make receiving a printed copy of the maintenance history a condition on the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The salesman that I dealt with was, in my opinion, a slime ball. He loved me until the point I signed the P&S and gave him the check. As soon as I drove the MH off of the lot he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. Calls went unanswered and when I got through he blew me off.

It doesn't matter if it is CA or any other company. Don't pay in full until you receive everything that you asked for.

Posted By: IAMICHABOD on 09/23/14 04:34pm

joelcop wrote:

I would like to jump in for a few questions.
Do the rental companies drop prices significantly after the season?

Yes they do, right now El Monte RV is having a End of season fleet reduction sale

2006 TIOGA 26Q CHEVY 6.0 WORKHORSE VORTEC
Former El Monte RV Rental
Retired Teamster Local 692
Buying A Rental Class C

Posted By: liamlunchtray on 09/23/14 08:56pm

I've been researching this to death and I really think that El Monte seems like the best bang for the buck. Unfortunately we won't be able to pull the trigger until after the 1st of the year - I just hope that they still have some decent stock then. We're leaning towards a Fleetwood 28T. I really like the 31N too, but they are still priced closed to 40k. I'm hoping for something in the $28-32k range. We have 2 middle school aged kids, so we won't be full timing or anything like that, but we want an upgrade from our pop up that will give us enough room to breathe.

Posted By: coolmom42 on 11/20/14 07:51pm

One question---Do the rental companies remove their company decals before selling the units? I'm not crazy about the idea of driving around with "El Monte RV" in giant red letters front and rear.

Single empty-nester in Middle TN, sometimes with a friend or grandchild on board

Posted By: IAMICHABOD on 11/20/14 08:37pm

Yes they do and in most cases they replace it with the original Decals that cover the area where they were. As in my case.
This is the rental
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This is mine
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All Decals are removed and the areas where they were are buffed out.

Posted By: path1 on 11/20/14 09:02pm

coolmom42 wrote:

One question---Do the rental companies remove their company decals before selling the units? I'm not crazy about the idea of driving around with "El Monte RV" in giant red letters front and rear.

Leave them on. You can do most anything and everybody will think your a rookie. People will help you level your rig, help you back in and at dump site just stand by your hose and somebody will come running.

Just a thought.

OK serious now...I've never seen any rental sold with the company name still on it. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.

Posted By: gotsmart on 11/20/14 10:55pm

This is my former Cruise America rental. Cruise America owns the brand name: Majestic and repaints/re-stripes/re-badges the coach under the Majestic name after it is removed from the rental fleet and put up for sale to the public.

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