Why i bought a Newell

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I started researching motorhomes a couple of years ago. I've had a couple of travel trailers, mostly parked at some property we owned. Had a National Seabreeze 34' for a few years. That was long enough to know that I wanted a better motorhome for when I would retire. I started looking at Bluebirds and came close to buying one. But kept hearing about Newells. Met Tuga in Houma and was very impressed with the quality. Lurked on this board for quite a while reading as much as I could. I came to the conclusion that Newells were at least if not better than Bluebirds but that they were better engineered and easier to maintain.
Of course finding a used Newell was not as easy as finding a comparable Bluebird. Newells seemed to be about $20k or more than Bluebirds and not as many for sale. Persistence paid off and I found #337 at Parliament coach, my wife and I flew up one weekend to see it and flew up the next weekend to pick it up.
After having it for a couple of weeks and going through it I haven't found any big problems just a couple of small ones that have been easy to fix. As I've been exploring the coach I've been pleasantly surprised to see how accessible the systems are. Also having the factory still around is and was one of the greatest features of Newells. Of course this board and it's very knowledgable and helpful members are such a great asset. (I did make my donation yesterday and encourage everyone to help support it)
I'm impressed with the quality everytime I climb aboard and can't wait until we can take our first trip!
I was lucky and found the perfect coach for us at a lower price than I expected and plan to spend many years traveling and hope to meet other Newell owners as we are traveling.