Purchasing an RV or Motor Home

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Gary Godwin and I'm the general manager of Hawley's Camping Center in Wilmington, NC. On behalf of Expert Village this is a tape entitled, "How to Purchase an RV." Now let's talk about motor homes. In the old days we used to call them RV's; their the ones that are on wheels, you've got the steering wheel and you drive yourself. RV's now, that's a generic term that's going to be used for travel trailers, pop ups, motor homes, ATV's, Jet Ski's, anything that's a recreation vehicle now is categorized as an RV. So, be sure when you walk into the dealership, you let the salesman know, "I'd like to see a motor home." Now the first thing he's going to ask you is, "What type do you want to see?" There's basically three types with a couple offspring of one of them and I'm going to talk about that in just a second also. But your class A; let's talk about that. Your class A motor home comes in two different divisions. The first one being gas powered and the second one being diesel powered. Your class A is the bus type. It's the ones you see out there that looks like the rock stars ought to be driving. So, if that's what you're looking for in a class A, it's a great buy. I like class A personally because you're raised up, and it's a very panoramic view when you're driving around; it's really, really nice. Second type is called a class B. Now a class B, for lack of a better phrase, is a conversion van. What they've done is they've taken a regular Dodge or Chevy or Ford van, made it a little bigger, made it a little taller and they've added in the amenities of camping. Some people call them a touring van. The class B, remember, is a customized van with camping facilities in it that allow you to travel from place to place. Now, the third category, old school, is the class C. Now, the class C stands for cab over, so if you can visualize this van with a cab over the top of the driving compartment, that's what we mean by class C, cab over. Now, a lot of people with children really like the class C's because that over head berth is now the bunk bed room for the kids; and it's really, really, really good. But a lot of the older crowd; we call them the empty nester's, people my age, the older people in the world, they like it because they can put an entertainment center up there. Wow, TV?s, surround sound, amazing what you can put on that kind of stuff. Then there is a variable, or we call a little bit of a hybrid, and that's called a B. Now the B is a mix between the B and the class C. It's the same thing but a little lower than the class C with all the amenities of the class C. B?s are becoming a strong part of our market. So again, remember, motor coaches - class A, class B, class C and the B; all work well. Which one would you like to have?"