The search for the perfect turtle shell continues. We took some time for a bit more soul searching. Isn't the first time and won't be the last I'm sure.
We spent the last couple days up in the Sacramento area. Seems RV's are very popular up there. We went to several different dealers and had very different experiences. Some shocking and some comical. I will start with the shocking.
We went to "the biggest RV Dealer in Sacramento", I will not name names. We were met by a sales guy that didn't seem so bad a first. We told him we had narrowed our search to Class A no older than a 2000. He listened, making comments, asking some inane sales guy questions and then he said, "I think I have the perfect thing, but lets start here". The "but" there should have alerted us, but we followed right along. He took us into a 1997 Fleetwood, telling us all the great things about the coach, going on and on. Well first off, it was a 1997, is that a 2000 or better? NO! Then the coach itself was absolutely disgusting. There were tears in the fabric, stains in the carpet, even a huge crack in the windshield (which he never even addressed). It was so awful I couldn't get out of it fast enough.
He then proceeded to lead us to one awful coach after another. None of them were 2000 or better and none of them could even be closely described as clean. One even had spiders in it. Not just webs but the spiders too. Not only were we incredulous at what he showed us, but we were completely insulted that he could think we were so stupid as to think any of the coaches were even worth considering. It was truly an awful experience. This guy was so smarmy I don't know how they are even in business.
The rest of the stops were OK. A couple of the sales guys were funny in their effusiveness. You had to give them credit for trying. One dealer we stopped at had a beautiful Bounder that we loved. When we asked the owner if there was any wiggle room on the price we got a one word answer, No. Oh well, we wanted something just a bit less expensive than what he had.
So we had hoped to come away with a purchase, but sadly did not. We will continue to look and continue to learn.
Happy & Safe Trekkin!
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