Our Search for Mr. Wonderful is Over!

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Our Search for Mr. Wonderful is Over!

September 06, 2013, 09:38:47 pm

We're happy to announce that we finally did it! In 18 days we pick up our new-to-us 1997 36' u320. Her current name is "Baby" and "babied" she has been. She has been loved and pampered by her wonderful owners for the past 7 years. We couldn't be happier!

Okay. Some pictures (finally) added. I needed "Attaching Pictures for Dummies" help. Thank you Barry Beam for your step-by-step instructions!

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Reply #1 – September 06, 2013, 09:41:56 pm

Fantastic! And don't forget we all want photos

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Reply #2 – September 06, 2013, 09:51:17 pm

Yes! Photos please!

see ya
ken

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Reply #3 – September 06, 2013, 11:11:52 pm

Congrats!! Details ... photos ... a must!

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Reply #4 – September 06, 2013, 11:25:58 pm

Congrats - Ditto - Ditto on pics.

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Reply #5 – September 06, 2013, 11:44:25 pm

Sweet! I feel a kinship as we both started looking at the same time

I haven't found "Mr. Right" yet, but then too, after a long-distance, multi-stop shopping trip last spring wherein I didn't find "him," I decided to go ahead with previously made summer plans and then take up the search again later in fall.

Exciting times! I, too, can't wait to see your new baby.

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Reply #6 – September 07, 2013, 02:44:32 am

Ditto here too! We can't wait to have those feelings of a new addition to the family!
Pictures Please

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Reply #7 – September 07, 2013, 07:00:36 am

Congrats on your find. Post some pics. We all enjoy the pics.

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Reply #8 – September 07, 2013, 10:10:41 am

That is wonderful. Welcome to the Foretravel family

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Reply #9 – September 07, 2013, 11:27:37 am

Welcome & congratulations! The great news is the pride of ownership lives on long after the newness wears off!

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Reply #10 – September 07, 2013, 06:55:54 pm

Glad you found Mr. Wonderful. It took us quite a while to find ours and more than two years on we are having more fun than ever. We hope your adventures are spectacular.

Roger and Susan

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Reply #11 – September 07, 2013, 10:18:06 pm

Mike and Deb, you got a nice coach there. We traveled with the owners this past June and July in the Dakota's. It is an above average 97 and you will love it.

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Reply #12 – September 07, 2013, 11:13:30 pm

Quote from: Ronb – September 07, 2013, 10:18:06 pm

Mike and Deb, you got a nice coach there. We traveled with the owners this past June and July in the Dakota's. It is an above average 97 and you will love it.

Thank you! That's what we think too!

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Reply #13 – September 07, 2013, 11:20:00 pm

Alex,

If you're still "in the market" for a Foretravel, we have seen a couple of nice ones that might be right for you, but weren't exactly what we were looking for. Remind me exactly what you're looking for -- we may have seen it!

Deb

Quote from: Alex P. – September 06, 2013, 11:44:25 pm

Sweet! I feel a kinship as we both started looking at the same time

I haven't found "Mr. Right" yet, but then too, after a long-distance, multi-stop shopping trip last spring wherein I didn't find "him," I decided to go ahead with previously made summer plans and then take up the search again later in fall.

Exciting times! I, too, can't wait to see your new baby.

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Reply #14 – September 08, 2013, 02:53:19 am

Can't say that I ever considered our coach as "MR WONDERFUL" or "MR RIGHT".

After spending last year rebuilding and remodeling the interior and rebuilding a 5'x6' area on the roof, I was feeling upbeat about the coach and may have, on a GOOD DAY, christened it with a up beat name of endearment.

However;

After spending this summer squeezing through the wheel wells, replacing air bags, fishing around behind the cabinets for audio/video cables, shoehorning a 46" tv in, changing all the lubricants and filters, and now repairing the brakes, I can't get myself to the "A" list of coach names.

Right now about the best pet name I can come up with is "DA BITCH"

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Reply #15 – September 08, 2013, 03:35:19 pm

@Lon I hear ya!

see ya
ken

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Reply #16 – September 08, 2013, 04:13:19 pm

Been there myself. It took 4 years on this coach to get it close and the last two years in remodel at FT and have three more projects to go still.

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Reply #17 – September 08, 2013, 04:55:40 pm

We are sure you will really enjoy it. We have certainly enjoyed our U320 over the last nine months!

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Reply #18 – September 09, 2013, 09:08:10 am

Quote from: Lon and Cheryl – September 08, 2013, 02:53:19 am

Can't say that I ever considered our coach as "MR WONDERFUL" or "MR RIGHT".

After spending last year rebuilding and remodeling the interior and rebuilding a 5'x6' area on the roof, I was feeling upbeat about the coach and may have, on a GOOD DAY, christened it with a up beat name of endearment.

However;

After spending this summer squeezing through the wheel wells, replacing air bags, fishing around behind the cabinets for audio/video cables, shoehorning a 46" tv in, changing all the lubricants and filters, and now repairing the brakes, I can't get myself to the "A" list of coach names.

Right now about the best pet name I can come up with is "DA BITCH"

LOL. We may well look back on your comment as a "reality check" in the future. We know that "stuff" happens, invariably when you're miles from home, Mecca, or anywhere else. (See JD's post on Sunday.) A couple of our past SOBs earned and deserved the "Z" list of family-unfriendly pet names. But we hope this quality brand -- Foretravel --with detailed maintenance records kept by a self-described "anal" diesel mechanic is our "Mr. Right" -- even as a 16 year-old teenager. We're also aware that we will need to continue our seller's good maintenance habits, but with a lot less knowledge and ability. That, in itself, is a "reality check" right now.

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Reply #19 – September 09, 2013, 02:05:20 pm

We had a long search on our FT also. We called FOT on Friday and gave them a deposit on Saturday. We closed the sale two weeks later.
Larry

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Reply #20 – September 09, 2013, 02:31:15 pm

Lon, the first four months we named our coach "The Problem Child". Took a while and quite a few $$ to get everything corrected. The easy part was fixing or replacing parts..The hard part was finding the problem part...Since then, two years later, we just have minor issues, some I fix, others I have done. Have everthing just the way we like it, probably will be our last coach...(3rd Foretravel)...Hang in there...

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Reply #21 – September 09, 2013, 07:18:04 pm

But to be truthful, we'd probably all rather be putting time and dollars into a Foretravel than SOB, right?

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Reply #22 – September 09, 2013, 07:31:13 pm

Absolutely!

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