We leave at 5 am, and if we run into ice decide we would turn around and wait, but we make it to OKC but snowing really hard speeds at 30 or less on the freeway, then I miss my exit, off we go the wrong way, see a wreck aftermath, and we route our selves onto the turnpike to Tulsa, and things clear off just wet pavement, one stop mid way for a breakfast and we get to the RV Superstore at 11:00, wrong place, they had moved up the street not far, so we arrive at 11:05.
We meet Mike a salesman there that is going to show us the coach, as the person we had phone conversations was going to be off and we knew that no problem to us. He finally found some keys to it, and off onto the lot we walked to the coach, from the side it was next to another unit, so from the front was my first view....listing...heavy to the drivers side...I thought oh no hear we go again......and after an 6 hour drive.....Linda looked at me, and I thought she was not liking it either.
I stood there...Mike said...He would start it up....I said no rush...He said no another salesman wants to have me start it, so he cranked it up. Bluma, aaaaa Bluma aaaaa, he came out and said thats normal, they start that way when they are cold, of that I knew. We looked at the engine, he pointed out some items as he use to be a Cummins man. He said go ahead and look all we want, it was about 33 that morning snow on the ground, but the parking lot was just wet....no way to look under without soaking.
I walked around outside, the generator was running and the engine. Linda was already inside, and I was looking in the bays....things looked like they did in the on line photos, and the awning had been put back. We found out later they had replaced all the hydraulic lines and motor for the one slide. YEAH
Linda comes back out helps with a couple of pictures hands me the ipad and says she needs to go to the restroom, so in the coach I go with I pad in hand....and once inside...Im sold...oh my gosh...this thing is solid...and the pictures well not as good as the real thing....so whats the catch...hmmmmmm.
As I look in the bedroom area, Linda comes back and so does Mike. He says hows it going...I said well we just started which its been about 20 mins so far...Mike says well we need to hurry things up as another couple local is with another salesman to look at the coach. I say wait we want to take a ride in it first. Mike says sure, you were here first. He goes out side to start locking the bays and sweep snow off the slide.
Linda is furious, "THERE is NO WAY I am rushing this....if we like this coach its ours, and we have been looking a long time and drove a lot of hours to get here for a local couple that could have come during the week to want to bump us is unfair. Im not budging till we are done. I say maybe they are just trying to get us to buy this thing. But then.....
As I am trying to get warm in the passenger seat there comes a couple with a young child and another salesman looking at us in the coach talking and staring at us....we stare back. Mike enters and shuts the door. We say is that the other couple, he says yes...but we are not going to rush this drive. I said good, cause we are liking what we are seeing and if we put down money do they get to drive in it...No he says, once you do that and you have first option cause you were here first, they have no say.
Good so we drive off the lot, up the freeway, smoothly in a high wind, conversation is good, he pulls off the highway and into a place to let me test drive and around a large country block we go. I said well if you with me Linda this is the one. Linda says YEP this is the one. Mike says OK...we switch drivers back and tell him our 5 year story and about following other full timing RVers as does he. Then we tell him about 2 Bears and a Pie. He says Im so glad you guys are going to get this coach it is the steal of a deal especially as the manager made a pricing error on it.
So we put down our money, take a few photos later with the Sales Manager as we lost Mike some how, and we drive off, in shock back to Texas that we made a deal, now all we need is to get our financing in order and the deal would be done....We need to go back next Saturday another long drive.......or maybe we have another idea.....better go GreyHound.
What are them bears doing out in the cold!
ReplyDeleteLooking good, you are both going to have a great time.