Soooooo Close

Our harmless little Saturday afternoon drive to the RV show turned into our first close encounter of the RV-buying kind.

We stopped by the show and had another visit with our two friendly sales associates and one of our favorite RVs. We'd already seen everything they had to offer, so we bid them farewell and cruised down the road to visit a yet unseen dealer we were interested in. There we got to drool all over the Ellipse with our favorite floorplan.

Then, the not-so-friendly salesman started to do his thing.

In the process, he got one thing right. We're not ready to buy our 40-foot diesel pusher today. And, we won't be for - well - at least a year, maybe 18 months. So, he had a suggestion: Buy something smaller now to enjoy on weekends and holidays.

Holy cow! Did he read our previous blog post, or what?

He introduced us to a new, groovy 32-foot gas model that - much to our surprise - we really liked. We could see ourselves cruising into state parks and off to the beach for fun get away weekends. It's smaller. It's cheaper. And, still, it's very nice. This is one coach that could, indeed, scratch our itch.

Then, the friendly salesman got pushy. He pulled out all the stops. He told us about all the people he sees who pull up in their fancy cars with plenty of money, find the toy of their dreams and just can't pull the trigger. Oh! He laid it on pretty thick. He did his best to make a deal.

This is a coach we were giving serious thought to buying. But, not today.

Maybe tomorrow.