Greeting's to all of you. I bet many of you have heard my plea time and time again. Thanks.
The wife and I got retired recently, sold our house, 3 cars and most of our belongs in prep for becoming full-timers for awhile.
Temporarily in an apartment, and have been researching and doing homework for months on motorhomes. Sadly we don't have a
lot of money so I set our purchase limit to $120,000. At first we thought buying an older High end plastic coach fit the mission.
We found 40' to 45' tag axles with 450hp cummins and 2 to 3 slides early to mid 2000's year models in our budget. But, the more we
looked at these the more evident father time had taken it's toll. To afford a Prevost in the same budget we got to go even older
(Late 80's to maybe mid 90's), but many seem to be so much better condition than the plastic ones we considered. Today, we think
a Prevost is the way to go, but we are a little overwhelmed on some of the decision items, which is where you come in.
Key items I'd like your advice on:
1. Up until mid 90's all the Prevosts have the 8V92 vs the Series 60 that hit in the mid 90's. Is it really worth maxing out my
budget to get the Series 60 say a 1995 or 1996 model? ( maintenence costs, fuel economy, resale value or desirability)
2. Airconditioning systems, I need someone to really explain this in detail. I'm familiar with roof airs, dash airs, but confused on
the descriptions On the road air, cruise air, basement air, converter air systems and combos of these, plus what powers each?
3. Some coaches ( not many) have propane cooktops and gas/electric fridges, gas sounds like a plus to me, is it?
4. Pecking order of all the converters during the year models I can afford? Are some preferred and others troublesome?
Desirability, resale value, support, parts, service etc?)
I got about 20 more but that's too much for this. If you can help me out, and feel free to throw in other important stuff you'd
advise on I would be truly grateful.
Regards,,
Barney