Ron and I have just spent one of the worst weeks in our 38 years of marriage. Trying to buy this RV and actually own it has been a battle. We have felt like we have had to make them sell us this beauty.
Have you ever heard of an auto or any kind of dealer dealing in licensing not having a notary. WE had to take the papers and to go a few miles to a notary. No one would believe that if we told you, but yesterday we did exactly that. This dealership is a 40 year old family run business. A large facility but in great need of an overhaul.
Arrangements were made for us to be at the dealership yesterday at 11:00 to transfer all of our things from our Coachman to the new one. We arrived on time, and they were just pulling the RV up to be washed. Hadn't changed the oil as they said they would, well actually had not done one thing yet. Inside was filthy. As far as we can tell, we were the only sale they had for the week , so no one could say they were busy.
Paperwork was not all there that we had been trying to get for over a week, but the good news is that Winnebago agreed to pay us to take the RV with the orange peel paint as is. Yeah for us. We already had a screaming deal and it just got better.
RV was finally ready to start transfer at 3:30. We stayed at their place of business last night and finished transferring after the store all locked up and when home.(was told they had water, power and sewer) well, the power part was correct.
Took us til 1:00 this morning to finish what we HAD to do. Will have to organize a little better later. Neither one of us slept but a couple hours and was up at 5:00. (we were still trying to get 2 forms that Washington State needs to let us register the new one) We also still didn't have our tow bar power replaced which was suppose to be done the day before. Service person had to go to lunch, or leave early, or had a doc appt, or was sick, or had to take his 2 days off, etc. etc. etc. Every person that was suppose to do something to get this RV ready was always going somewhere. We think our salesman may have been mad that we bought this as we didn't hear from him or see him after the sale. We couldn't take delivery Thursday because the person who does the walk through had his day off. (Only Bob does the walkthroughs for heaven sakes) Forget the customer would like to get out of LA on Thursday instead of battleing the LA Friday traffic - Not to be.
Our driver (you remember the one that has to drive our motorhome to Nevada so we don't pay California sales tax) arrives at 12:00. That was the highlight of the day as he was one time.
Well, we did leave on the drivers schedule with the (2) forms we needed being tracked down at 11:45 by us. Sitting in ones office til you get what you need does work.
Driver drove the rig, we drove the Miata and scheduled to meet at the border of Nevada at 5:00. Heavy traffic (but we were able to drive in the carpool lane and breezed right through) We stopped for lunch and spent a bunch of time trying to find a gas station and our average speed was probably 80 getting to Nevada. "The driver beat us there !!!!!!) He used about 30 gallons of gas to go 270 miles. Must have traveled 80+ mph. He towed his own heavy car and pedal to the metal. We left with a free tank of gas 75 gallons, and have arrived in Las Vegas with a half tank. So much for the free gas.
Well, we arrived at the border just about dusk and was dark before we got everything notorized and paid the driver. For Ron's first ever at driving something this big, he got to drive in heavy traffic all the way to Las Vegas. He did great.
We are absolutely exhausted and plan to veg out for a couple of days, and then finish up the little things on the RV then see a show and take in Las Vegas.
Going to bed !!!!!!!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Killing Time in Los Angeles
Drove over to Redlands where Ron was born and found his house and his Grandmothers house. Still a very nice little city.
Stopped by Camping World. Of course, new Motorhome equates to more stuff that we must have.
Had another venture of trying to get a couple of prescriptions filled. Remind self, change all prescriptions to Walmart from Walgreens. Was told that if Ron wanted his prescription 2 days early from a full 90 days from the last prescription we must prove we are leaving LA. Walgreens first said it was a Federal Policy, then said it was a Walgreens policy, finally after we told her we get prescriptions up to 2 weeks early was told it was their own policy. Needless to say, we got the prescription without having to PROVE we left LA. A quick call from our Doc solved that problem with Walgreens. We couldn't quite figure out how we were going to prove we were leaving LA. Anyone have an idea "for next time-LOL"
Yesterday we made a stop at Wal Mart. Got a couple of large containers for the new motorhome. It has some huge storage areas. Remind self, Mazda Miata is a 2 seater and you can maybe if you are lucky put 5 bags of groceries in the trunk.
Will find out tomorrow morning, when our new house on wheels will be ready for us to switch our stuff and get out of Dodge, well LA.
Getting out of California with our new RV is a whole story that you might not believe could actually happen. Remind self, don't buy a motorized vehicle in California if you don't live here and don't want to pay their 10% sales tax without paying a fortune to someone else driving it to Nevada for you.
Still hope to make it to Universal Studios one of the days we are waiting and waiting.
Stopped by Camping World. Of course, new Motorhome equates to more stuff that we must have.
Had another venture of trying to get a couple of prescriptions filled. Remind self, change all prescriptions to Walmart from Walgreens. Was told that if Ron wanted his prescription 2 days early from a full 90 days from the last prescription we must prove we are leaving LA. Walgreens first said it was a Federal Policy, then said it was a Walgreens policy, finally after we told her we get prescriptions up to 2 weeks early was told it was their own policy. Needless to say, we got the prescription without having to PROVE we left LA. A quick call from our Doc solved that problem with Walgreens. We couldn't quite figure out how we were going to prove we were leaving LA. Anyone have an idea "for next time-LOL"
Yesterday we made a stop at Wal Mart. Got a couple of large containers for the new motorhome. It has some huge storage areas. Remind self, Mazda Miata is a 2 seater and you can maybe if you are lucky put 5 bags of groceries in the trunk.
Will find out tomorrow morning, when our new house on wheels will be ready for us to switch our stuff and get out of Dodge, well LA.
Getting out of California with our new RV is a whole story that you might not believe could actually happen. Remind self, don't buy a motorized vehicle in California if you don't live here and don't want to pay their 10% sales tax without paying a fortune to someone else driving it to Nevada for you.
Still hope to make it to Universal Studios one of the days we are waiting and waiting.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
New Winnebago Vista to continue our travels
After discovering we are traveling 9 months out of each of the past 2 years of traveling in our little Class C and Ron (6'3") banging his head for the umptenth time, it was time to improve our living space and comfort level.
After getting totally confused every day while searching for the perfect coach, we made the decision to purchase the WFE30W Winnebago Vista. 2 slides that are opposite each other in the living area and alas, no dinette, this was the perfect coach for 2 people.
The salesman had us test drive the unit and MADE us go on the freeway. This is on the Los Angeles Freeway system. Weren't too sure about our survival, but we did make it back to the dealership.
Have to sit it out in LA while they do a few things we want done. Should be able to move all of our possessions over to the new one on Thursday. Shake down adventure will be to Las Vegas. What a shame that we will HAVE to spend a few days there. Don't want to get too far from the dealer in case we discover something that needs attention during the first few days.
We will see what we can do around LA to kill a few days. Universal Studios, Disneyland? We will see.
After getting totally confused every day while searching for the perfect coach, we made the decision to purchase the WFE30W Winnebago Vista. 2 slides that are opposite each other in the living area and alas, no dinette, this was the perfect coach for 2 people.
The salesman had us test drive the unit and MADE us go on the freeway. This is on the Los Angeles Freeway system. Weren't too sure about our survival, but we did make it back to the dealership.
Have to sit it out in LA while they do a few things we want done. Should be able to move all of our possessions over to the new one on Thursday. Shake down adventure will be to Las Vegas. What a shame that we will HAVE to spend a few days there. Don't want to get too far from the dealer in case we discover something that needs attention during the first few days.
We will see what we can do around LA to kill a few days. Universal Studios, Disneyland? We will see.
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