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Subject: 88 Wonderlodge W.B. 40' XXV

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Paul Williams

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Date Posted: 01/ 31/ 02, 9:02pm

Hello all.
I am so glad my wife found this Q&A area. We are going full time. Just sold the house and are now serious about getting a rig. We are on a limited budget and hoping to negotiate down to 120k. They are asking 144,900.
I am concerned that after buying, fixing unseen problems and upkeep might squeeze us too much.
Is this a good deal?
This Bird Is gorgeous! 1988 XXV silver anniversary model. It has the 8v92 and a 4 sp Allison. H.W.H hyd lvl jacks. 1500W inverter, 12.5kw kohler gen set. New refrig and micro/convec. There are lots of bells and whistles.
She has been inside all her stored life and has 65,800mi original mi on it. A big construction company owner has owned it for his personal toy. He even had his mechanics come to the storage to keep it up.
The gen has 1400hours on it.
How long will a well kept gen last?
Are there any places I can probe to find rust?
The rear bumper does have a small amount of rust.
With 3 roof and 1 engine A/C units, will I have to convert or should I wait till they need service to then convert?
The only thing I will have to add is a washer and dryer combo. How tuff are those units to install since the plumbing is not in?
I am sure that if I buy this rig I will have lots of questions.

Thanks in advance.
Paul

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Re: 88 Wonderlodge W.B. 40' XXV

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Paul Williams
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Date Posted: 02/ 3/ 02, 5:10pm

Hello all. I would like to thank those that responded to my query. I am now a proud owner of a 1988 Wide body 40' XXV silver anniversary model. I spent 5.5 hours crawling over, under, around and in the rig. I found only minor items. I was able to talk Holland Motor Homes into reducing their asking price of 144,900 to 117k with a one year almost bumper to bumper extended service protection. They also placed in the purchase a stipulation of a closure of the sale at the closing of my home escrow in 30 days and giving me a discount on labor to put in the systems that I want, i.e.: washer/dryer, sat system, tow package, upgrade on some electrical items.
The people at Holland Motor Homes here in San Diego are very classy people. If I ever need work on the rig, I will try going there.
This new learning curve will be challenging but fun.
Time to look through the chat archive and any other place a Blue Bird is mention. hehe

Thank you again and fun running.
Paul and Judy Williams 88 XXV 40'

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Author: Bill [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 02/ 16/ 02, 9:09am Paul, you had good luck at Holland MH in San Diego. I am curious to who your salesman was. I have talked to a couple and they usually indicated they are not willing to negotiate at all. So I am very impressed with your results. Thanks for your help, Bill [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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Author: elton kleist [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 06/ 29/ 06, 11:21am my check water in fuel light is on. We drained all fuel and now how do you reset light? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]