I am at a Loss for Words and English is My First Language

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I am at a Loss for Words and English is My First Language

October 18, 2013, 08:39:48 pm

Any part of this coach is nicer than any part of my home and any home in my neighborhood for a long distance!

2012 Foretravel Ih-45, Nacogdoches TX - 110690421 - RVTrader.com

Just unbelievable is all I can say. (Taking a deep breath).

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Reply #1 – October 18, 2013, 08:44:55 pm

Get it! You only live once!

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Reply #2 – October 18, 2013, 11:10:49 pm

If I sold my home, both vehicles, my daughter's home and her vehicle, and finally the homes and cars of my two sons, I might be able to buy it. But I will have left the family on foot and homeless. In the end, it actually sounds like a plan!

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Reply #3 – October 18, 2013, 11:57:04 pm

"Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and ....
I should a learned to play the guitar
I should a learned to play them drums"

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Reply #4 – October 19, 2013, 12:50:11 am

I sold a 52x120 lot a block away from us on the lake for $744,000 a few years ago and to think you can buy that IH for same value makes me shake my head ?
John H

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Reply #5 – October 19, 2013, 09:54:56 am

You can pick it up in 25 years time for 30 Grand,

I have the Booklet on it, Its just incredible inside,

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Reply #6 – October 19, 2013, 11:39:08 am

These coaches are not targeted to the faint of wallet...

I only wish I had that much resource available. But I still would not spend $700,000 on such a fast depreciating asset. To be able to "afford" such a toy or travel means you need to be able to depreciate it in the tax books or have money to burn...literally.

Good for them who can do it.

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Reply #7 – October 19, 2013, 12:45:57 pm

Quote from: Peter & Beth – October 19, 2013, 11:39:08 am

These coaches are not targeted to the faint of wallet...

I only wish I had that much resource available. But I still would not spend $700,000 on such a fast depreciating asset. To be able to "afford" such a toy or travel means you need to be able to depreciate it in the tax books or have money to burn...literally.

Good for them who can do it.

Let me say that your post with others in this topic can only harm the image of Foretravel. There are many members who do not own Foretravels and are looking to. What you are saying here might be true but lets not post negative comments about any product of Foretravel. The price is what it is and if you do not agree with the price or cannot afford it, then lets those folks like myself who can not have to read the rantings of those who cannot. Thanks

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Reply #8 – October 19, 2013, 12:56:36 pm

Do I see bunk beds in the photos?

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Reply #9 – October 19, 2013, 01:06:21 pm

I see no problem, purchase it with a SBA Loan, wait 6 months file Chapter, that's how it's done here in California.

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Reply #10 – October 19, 2013, 01:46:34 pm

Quote from: anny – October 19, 2013, 12:45:57 pm

Let me say that your post with others in this topic can only harm the image of Foretravel. There are many members who do not own Foretravels and are looking to. What you are saying here might be true but lets not post negative comments about any product of Foretravel. The price is what it is and if you do not agree with the price or cannot afford it, then lets those folks like myself who can not have to read the rantings of those who cannot. Thanks

Peter has the right to express his opinion just as you do. I don't think it was "ranting".

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Reply #11 – October 19, 2013, 01:54:06 pm

I love this forum!

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Reply #12 – October 19, 2013, 02:06:19 pm

Quote from: RCWNewMexico – October 19, 2013, 01:46:34 pm

Peter has the right to express his opinion just as you do. I don't think it was "ranting".

Wonderful - yes, lets put Foretravel down while we are at it. That is what you are saying, correct?

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Reply #13 – October 19, 2013, 02:12:58 pm

I have read all of these posts and I do not see anyone putting Foretravel down. I think most are simply saying, this is a beautiful coach, but it is way out of my price range. Clearly, it is not out of your price range and I don't think anyone has criticized you for that. That is my favorite Foretravel that I have seen and if I could afford it, I would buy it. But, I'm not ashamed to say, I cannot. So, I will find a Foretravel that I can afford and be just as happy.

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Reply #14 – October 19, 2013, 02:42:50 pm

Oh please...really? Peace.

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Reply #15 – October 19, 2013, 04:19:18 pm

I'm pleased someone bought this 1997 U295 when it was new. They had some good times in it, and now we get to enjoy it.

I hope that there are lots of folk who will buy the IH-45, enjoy it for a while and then make it available for the next owners to enjoy.

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Reply #16 – October 19, 2013, 04:27:07 pm

Guys this is starting to go off the tracks here.

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Reply #17 – October 19, 2013, 04:29:42 pm

Yup. Off the tracks it went. The financial status of most of us is usually kept as personal business. It should stay that way.

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Reply #18 – October 19, 2013, 06:59:41 pm

I thought politics and religion were the only "don't go there" topics. Peter made a good point, but everybody is free to disagree with him. That is the normal give and take of the forum. I don't think he said anything negative about FT. Lets face it, every time we report a problem with our coaches, it is a negative "mark" to some degree. Think of all the discussion about the bulkhead problems of older coaches. Now that would turn off many potential buyers. But it was a discussion we had to have!

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Reply #19 – October 19, 2013, 07:14:09 pm

I too am so thankful that at least two owners owned my coach, and several my first Foretravel. I say a thanks each and every day, for their great taste.

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Reply #20 – October 19, 2013, 11:55:36 pm

Fun thread. I had a lot of Foretravel customers long ago who could have bought the company outright. But knowing their uses were extreme, chose to buy an older coach to use it up. Same as me other than the money. Haha

Sold a Vegas casino owner a $200k unihome as his porta potty to watch his son desert race.

His casino already had a prevost but it was too low to the ground to go off-road.

Old unihomes with the manual leveling could be raised up for ground clearance.

My favorite. Might figure out how to put it on my 97. Seriously

Could "cock" the motorhome to compensate for crosswinds. Or drive off cambers

Bob

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Reply #21 – October 20, 2013, 11:25:36 pm

No - that is NOT what they "said", just what you "heard".

Quote from: anny – October 19, 2013, 02:06:19 pm

Wonderful - yes, lets put Foretravel down while we are at it. That is what you are saying, correct?

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Reply #22 – October 21, 2013, 10:55:56 am

This, right now, is the Golden Age of personal transport. If you have 6 figures to spend on an RV or a car, you have an embarrassment of choices, and can put something in your driveway that is almost unreal for its comfort, performance, looks, and efficiency. I love that such things are available, even though I can't partake...not just cuz they're fun to look at and dream about, but because it makes it possible for those of us not in that tax bracket to be able to scoop up what once was the very best of the best for not very much at all, and still have a Very comfy capable good looking RV. Last time I was in the market, 20 years ago, you could spend REALLY nice house money ( I wonder how 275k in 1990 dollars compares to the asking price of this IH 45 now, just frinstance) on a Unihome and be in the comparable position the buyer of this rig would be in now, or if you were poor folk you could buy a 10 year old SOB for the same price as I paid now for that same Unihome. There were no alternatives. See what I mean? The folks with huge bankrolls could get a narrowbody with no slides and a std waterheater and a mechanical diesel and a 4speed and have the nicest rig on the road, but the likes of me could only pull off a leafsprung P30 with a particle board and laminate interior and use-once brakes. The 2014 Corvette is such an impressive piece o'kit that it's already driving the prices down on the previous generation cars. Ye gods, a feller can troll Ebay and buy hisself a ten year old Ferrari 550 Maranello, a full on rockstar of a car that still looks good parked at Pebble Beach, for *pickup truck* money. It's the Golden Age. Many thanks, FT, for being a part of it.

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Reply #23 – October 21, 2013, 03:37:46 pm

According to one inflation calculator, $275,000 in 1990 dollars is $492,090 in 2013 dollars

Inflation Calculator: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Reply #24 – October 21, 2013, 04:58:55 pm

Quote from: Home2fromHastings – October 21, 2013, 03:37:46 pm

According to one inflation calculator, $275,000 in 1990 dollars is $492,090 in 2013 dollars

Explains why I am going financially backwards. One dollar forward and two dollars backward.

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