Re: Foretravel pre-purchase inspection, Knoxville TN area.....
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"down to two.....a 2002 Foretravel U270 36' & a 2000 Country Coach Intrigue - Cook 32'.....both having each their own advantages" My take is you have got down to two very awe sum, high quality, feature laden, rvs. They both got to a similar very high level, by going down different paths. Both are built on custom proprietary chassis, the CC with Independent front suspension on the Dynomax chassis, the FT on its own high quality 8 bag chassis with a 30% bigger grey tank, still in business with support from a great forum and mfg. I would select the one after driving both, I've found two rvs of the same model and year, will drive different, these two will feel different to you (ie noise level, ease of driving, wind noise, etc). Also I agree that if you expect the CC to not drive correctly you might be surprised to find it drives exceptional well. #1 in my mind is floor plan between these two, which will include basement storage, I think the FT will win out with a better floor plan and storage. #2 is technology which might depend on original factory options that cannot be subtracted or added and upgrades completed. For instance I like AquaHot, on a 32' rv, would I be willing to give up a bay for that, probably not? #3 and could be a deal breaker over the above two is condition, history, etc. Another way I would look at it is, if the two were the same price, which one would I select. Inspections can be great to reveal things, but understand none give you a guaranty from future repairs. Still be prepared to spend $10,000 additional your first year. Emotion is hard to leave out of the formula, and so listen to the wife's opinion. Remember you are making this purchase to go have some fun. I've owned four diesel pushers of similar vintage at the time to what you are considering, all costing over $250,000 when new , I now own my FT because it has the best balance of the above criteria.
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