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[truk4u]

That's the big difference between commercial buyers and private buyers. I bought many trucks back in the day with 500K on the clock and never batted an eye. With a private bus, the buyer gets a deal if the miles are deemed to be high, a wimpy 200K, and when he sells, he has the same problem in reverse.

I'll take Jon's high mileage Liberty any day!

[Coloradobus]

OK, I just mentioned the mileage of Coach 815,since it has been used as an Entertainer coach and is owned by the same outfit that Kevin bought his 704 from.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Jim,

Not a criticism of your mentioning the mileage, but a comment that I think too much emphasis is on the mileage of our coaches. I would be way more concerned about lack of maintenance.

[merle&louise]

I respectfully disagree with what Jim said about Girard awnings. I have had a Girard awning on my coach for 5 years and have not had one minute's trouble. When we first used the awning we were in Wichita Falls, TX. Wichita Falls is known for its constant high winds.

I extended the awning > went inside to get something and when I came out the awning had retracted from high winds. I have heard stories about the wind flipping awnings over the top of the coach; if the wind blows that hard it will break the cast aluminum claw that holds the Zip Dee type awnings (this happened to me in Colorado on my '87 Newell w/Zip Dee awning).

My point is this: high winds will damage any awning. Girard is the best awning made IMO. Girard has a remote control that fits in your pocket. This remote makes it really easy to extend/retract your awning. There's no locking/unlocking the roll up mechanism to contend with and no support bars to hit your head on when walking by.

I know that many on this site have had trouble with Zip Dee electric/air automatic awnings and personally I would never have one, but Girard is in a class by itself IMO. If you want a trouble free easy to use patio awning, Girard is the best game in town.

Just my .04 (inflation)

[Pete]

My experience shows that awnings never need to be retracted unless it is 3:00 am, in the rain, intense lightning and high winds while in your underwear, so I always put my awnings in before I go to bed. You get more sleep that way.

[JIM KELLER]

Those of us who have been there have a big Grin on our faces.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

My mechanical Zip Dee awnings with the triangular arms was ripped from our first coach and the attachment for the arms was pulled right out of the side of the coach. The arm in the front got jammed between the roof and the outside air horn, and went up and in between the outside and inside air horns on the passenger side.

Sunny skies, no wind, no clouds, and than an instant gust of wind. Four guys walking by got hold of the awning when it came down the first time, and it lifted them.

My point is any awning, any time can get caught and due to their size, if the wind gusts are strong enough something is going to get damaged. The automatic awnings can be retracted a lot faster than I can retract my mechanical ZipDees.