RV Update, We Can’t Wait For April 1st!

I received a call from Collier this afternoon, they found that when they removed the passenger window there was some rotted wood. They replaced it and sealed the wall and re-installed the windows. They also fixed the many other leaks they found.

I am waiting for a final price but it has to be near $2,000.00 including filling up the LP. The good news is they claim the RV is 100% not leaking anywhere now. I pray they are right, my brain hurts contemplating other issues that may come up this camping season.

I’ll be picking the rig up this Saturday so we’ll see, I am going to ask for more than 90 days warranty. I just made reservations for April 1st at Geneseo campground. Sugar Shores doesn’t open until May 1st so we’ll take Geneseo for now, it’s an awesome location .

Bears VS Packers

Yeah Baby!!! GO BEARS!!!! Bears WIN!!! WooHoo!!

The Bears are ROCKING THE HOUSE!!! Watch out Packers, you're coming to our house!!

RV? What RV? It’s Sunday, Bear’s Football Day!!

The wife and I are ignoring the fact that we own an RV and that it has caused us enough stress to make most people grab a bottle of whisky and go on a weekend long streak of alcohol abuse…..

This is NFL playoff time!!! Our big worry for today is which Bear football team will show up? We have no idea but we hope it’s better than the team that showed up for the Super Bowl!!!

So today, our RV doesn’t have leaks, or rotted wood, or mice or…. anything, in fact it doesn’t exist!! After having family over on Saturday and cleaning house we are going to just sit back and watch Da Bears! Win or lose I am going to sleep in, get up around 7:30 or hey, maybe even 8:00am, go down, make some coffee, eat eggs, bacon and potatoes and have some more coffee, do a little work because hey, I’m a work-a-holic and then we’ll watch Da Bear’s!! Have I mentioned that we’re going to watch, Da Bear’s?      

Good News – Bad News

Good news is, the leaks look to be fixed, bad news is, they found some rotted wood that they are investigating to see how bad it is. I’ll know more on Monday. This just looks like it’s never going to end.

As for the warranty, no update there, the dealer hasn’t responded yet but Collier has been very responsive and helpful. But if the original dealer doesn’t respond we have to play the waiting game and see what card he plays.

We thought about trading it in on something else but really, who’s to say that one won’t be perfectly sealed but mechanically has issues? We’ll see what happens this coming week, I’m trying to think positive and hopefully something positive will happen.

RV Warranty Quotes – HOLY COW Batman!

This is what it’s going to cost to replace my dealer’s warranty. I think I’m going to be sick. I currently have/had 4year 20k for around $2,000, to replace it, who can afford this?

1year/10,000miles   $1844

2year/20,000miles   $2500

3year/30,000miles   $3148

4year/40,000miles   $4120

Got The Quote To Seal The Rig - $1,600.00

Collier RV ran the seal tech test and found that the dealership didn’t do anything to seal the coach except for the one spot that I pointed out to them at the time we purchased it. They have to remove both the driver and passenger windows and seal up inside the walls and the roof leaks as well as the rear cap and all marker lights. So I approved getting the work done because, well, what choice do I have really and it should be ready by Monday or Tuesday.

I also received a response from the dealer about the warranty, they claim that I never had leveling system or slide out coverage even though it’s in my paperwork. He ended his letter saying I could get a refund check for $1,850.00 which would be sans slide out and leveling jacks coverage. I responded that my paperwork states they are covered and I only want what we have now, no more no less. Collier RV recommends Route 66 for the warranty so I am going for a quote from them since we’ll likely have Collier service the rig from now on.

More later as I find out. I consider this good news because we can finally get the leaks taken care of and we will be completely unplugged from our dealer and can move on to enjoying our RV finally.

Also, Collier will be at the Chicago RV & Boat show this week and weekend so we’re going to look at possible trade ins if the deal is right. I doubt we’ll be able to afford trading up but it can’t hurt to look right? Check out Collier at booths 6530 and 6735, might as well plug them!

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Response To Carol “Facing50Blog.com”

I have never responded to a comment as an actual blog posting before so here is a first for me.

Remember how people were the days after 9/11? How amazing it was to live here and everybody was saying hi to each other and opening doors, they suddenly became courteous. It's so unfortunate that it takes such tragedies for people to come out of their cocoon and realize that it takes very little to smile or show a kind gesture such as tipping a hat to a lady, opening a door for a stranger or offering a helping hand if somebody falls.

A lady walking in front of me today fell on her butt in the snow, I offered to help her and she smiled back and said thanks but it’s ok. Nobody else moved a muscle, it gets to me when people are rude and it builds up I guess. My wife reminds me to try and be positive instead of focusing on the negative and she is right, it’s why I posted that smiley face yesterday. I have been focusing too much on the negative, partly because that seems to be what’s happening, issues with the RV, my sister, hurting myself and many other things that I let weigh heavy on me.

I used to blog about Politics and Amateur Radio, I didn’t allow my blog to be found on search engines or even in blogger so it was me venting to myself and family generally. I found that there was rarely something nice to say about either topic so stopped writing about them.

I’m finding that it seems to be much easier to find something negative than positive to say and yet when I’m walking by people I’m saying hi and smiling often. What a strange thing to figure out about myself. I guess I just write about what’s going on and since too much of it’s negative that’s what gets aired.

So thank you Carol for the nice words and I’m going to try when posting to think and post positive, who knows maybe others will pick up on it and try it themselves.