The domain for Newellclassic.com was created about 3-1/2 years ago and this forum was added in December of 2005 by an individual who had become interested in Newell and purchased one for his personal use. There was no affiliation between Newellclassic.com and Newell Coach.
Newell had their own Tech Talk support forum on their website but it was not a real-time forum. Posts were reviewed by Newell prior to posting and responses developed and posted as appropriate. This meant that questions would show up one or more days after they were originally submitted and frequently several days later a response from either Newell or another Newell owner would appear. As Newellclassic.com began to grow and serve as a platform for owners to help other owners, Newell began to see the value in consolidating their Tech Talk forum into Newellclassic.com providing almost real-time access to information.
A review of the posts indicates that several of the Newell corporate family, including Karl Blade and John Clark post here where it is appropriate.
I, for one, think that it is important for Newell owners to have a technical support forum available. It provides a means to communicate with each other, learn from each other and expand on the community that Newell fosters through their Rallies.
I hope that more and more Newell owners will find this an advantageous site in which to participate. Other high end motorcoach owners have forums which specialize in owners helping each other repair, maintain and upgrade their coaches. The relatively small number of Newell coaches limits the audience and participation but, in my opinion, makes the forum that much more important. Learning from someone else's experiences is a valuable teacher.
I have developed friendships with several of the members of this forum based on sharing our interest in our Newells. I have learned a great deal from them and continue to learn daily.
This forum has great potential to assist Newell owners. As the forum matures, I believe its value will become more and more obvious to Newell.
Let us keep this forum a strong asset to all Newell owners through discussions that foster solutions and knowledge of Newell coaches, new, classic and in between. We, and the site owner, have the power to make this a success or a failure. It takes money and effort to maintain a web presence. The Administrator and Moderator do this because they love Newells and want to benefit other Newell owners.
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