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How good are Country Coaches???

Yahoo Message Number: 62983
I am ready to purchase a used coach and am interested in the high end rigs. But I have heard good and bad about country coach... Bad being that they are not in business and you cannot get parts anymore, is this true? They have wiring problems, is this true? To me seeing the country coach compared to alot of the other so called high end coaches, the country coach leaves them in the dust. Please provide any info I should watch out for and where I can get parts if needed. Sould I steer away from country coach since they are out of business and choose another mfg. of motorhomes? All help is appreciated.

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Yahoo Message Number: 62985
I bought my country coach last year and you are right few coaches can compare to it

mike 2004 allure 31021

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Yahoo Message Number: 62990
What year range and model are you looking for? You might have trouble getting parts made by CC, but I don't think they made any except body panels and interior cabinets. This is sort of true for all MH manufacturers. Having gone bankrupt has little or no bearing on acquiring repair parts.

Jim

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Yahoo Message Number: 62996
We have a '97 Intrigue with a non electronic engine and love it. The only thing I worry about is the front or rear cap if I get in a wreck. Everything else is made by somebody else and with this web side you can find the manfacturer of the component or a suitable replacement part. I've had no wiring issues, although my coach is prety stright forward compared to the newer ones. With the new ones you have to be really smart like Lonnie Stevens or have lots of money like I don't know who. Every coach has issues but they all use the same basic components. CC makes good, solid interiors, uses quality components and provides excelent documentaton. As with any coach, having good manuals and documentation of the components is worth its weight in gold. Also having an active, thriving user web site like this one is just as valuable. Buy one, execpt to have issues, make sure you have towing insurance and work out the problems. It will take a while to iron out all the problems but in the end you won't want to give it up.

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Yahoo Message Number: 63032
Jim I am sorry but you are incorrect. If CC made it you are not going to find a dollar value replacement. If they did not you still won't as all the vendors that got screwed are getting the money back from parts and spares. Anyway, the reality is do not buy bankrupt companies product. I own a Saturn, Hummer H3, and Country Coach. All three down the tubes. So I can speak with some experience.
Then again you can discount what I say as I am unable to pick a winner. Never listen to me at the race track.
Jim Spivey 2006 Allure 31432

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Yahoo Message Number: 63061
Jim,

I don't follow your logic. As I said, CC made very few proprietary items for their coaches. If the drive train needs repairs, I go to the manufacturer. If the toilet needs fixing I go to the manufacturer, etc, etc. When you ask the component manufacturer for a repair part, you don't tell them it is for a 2001 CC Magna, you give them the component model number. What am I missing here? I agree, if CC made it you are SOL. But really, what would that be. I believe all RV Manufacturers are mostly parts assemblers. I'm sitting here in my 1997 Beaver and I don't see one damned thing that I need to go to Beaver for parts.

Jim

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Yahoo Message Number: 63070

Jim;

I share the same conclusion. There should be no more problem getting repair services including parts an A&E product installed on a CC than if it was installed on SOB; or any other product. The body end caps are the closest thing to a manufacturer only part but even that can be repaired in all but the most extreme cases of destruction that would probably, at least possibly, total the coach. CC not being around any longer hasn't caused me a bit of a problem.
What is missed is the tech support and there so many ways to accomplish the equivalent that isn't an issue either - starting with this board. Most of the manufacturers provide extensive documentation on the web, former CC techs have a mountain of CC specific documents and dozens of techs are ready and waiting to help fix anything that goes wrong
Well over 90% of the items used to build a country coach are used by other manufacturers. Even custom items like woodwork and cabinets can be built or repaired by any number of businesses.
My '05, after the usual teething problems, has been the best coach I have owned since I started class A RVing in 1975. By far the best!
In a way I am glad they are gone. I would be trying like hell to find a way to buy another new one. AS long as I can drive it ths one isn't going to change hands any time soon. I would love to drive it into the ground and be the only owner it ever has. And I'm working on it.

Where's the problem? There isn't one.

Bob (rthandren@...)
'05 Inspire 51178

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Yahoo Message Number: 63072

I too agree with CC being hard to beat. I am now in my 3rd one, and can't imagine owning a SOB. My current one is a 1991, and is still better than so many you can go out and by today. When new it was very expensive, but was built to last a life time. Now 19 years young, and is an awsome coach. I really can not complain about any thing with this model, my first one was an 88, then had a 2000 for a year or so. Now back to this old 91 and love it very much.

Dale Morris 91 savanna #4702

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Yahoo Message Number: 63074
Hey Dale where the heck are you? I am on number 4 and agree with you although this ones a Prevost so its only 1/2 a CC, where you spending this winter?

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Yahoo Message Number: 63077
ygrps-yiv-307227376 v0003a* {} We own a '93 Magna and wouldn't ever want to trade it for a "new" coach or an SOB. We're blessed that Vern is able to use his wealth of knowledge and his shop for making most repairs He refers to the manual and to the Manufacturer's Name, Model and/or Serial numbers for everything in the coach. Most of that info is posted on the inside of our medicine cabinet door. If something goes blooey, he starts with the people who made it. If they're out of business, he'll find someone who makes something similar and start asking questions. And finally, there are a truckload of former CC employees, experts in their field, who are out there as entrepreneurs repairing and upgrading our coaches. NorthWest CCers invite them to our gatherings to work on our coaches while we visit or "play." At our August Pre-FMCA gathering, several folks had window problems addressed by an expert, others had generator problems repaired, and a host of other issued dealt with. CCs were made to last! After "borrowing" our Magna for a couple of years and vowing that he wouldn't even consider the possibility of owning anything else, our son and his family are now the delighted owners of a 2000 Magna. He and his dad have been "bringing it up to code" and sharing their findings with one another.
Want a coach to last your lifetime and then be able to "pass it on" to the next generation? Invest in a Country Coach! Vern and Glenda
'93 Magna #5008
 

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Yahoo Message Number: 63079
I agree!!!!!

Dale M Savanna 91, #4702

From: Glenda Serex To: Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.comSent: Thu, September 2, 2010 9:37:31 AMSubject: [Country-Coach-Owners] Re: How good are Country Coaches??? We own a '93 Magna and wouldn't ever want to trade it for a "new" coach or an SOB. We're blessed that Vern is able to use his wealth of knowledge and his shop for making most repairs He refers to the manual and to the Manufacturer's Name, Model and/or Serial numbers for everything in the coach. Most of that info is posted on the inside of our medicine cabinet door. If something goes blooey, he starts with the people who made it. If they're out of business, he'll find someone who makes something similar and start asking questions. And finally, there are a truckload of former CC employees, experts in their field, who are out there as entrepreneurs repairing and upgrading our coaches. NorthWest CCers invite them to our gatherings to work on our coaches while we visit or "play." At our August Pre-FMCA gathering, several folks had window problems addressed by an expert, others had generator problems repaired, and a host of other issued dealt with. CCs were made to last! After "borrowing" our Magna for a couple of years and vowing that he wouldn't even consider the possibility of owning anything else, our son and his family are now the delighted owners of a 2000 Magna. He and his dad have been "bringing it up to code" and sharing their findings with one another.
Want a coach to last your lifetime and then be able to "pass it on" to the next generation? Invest in a Country Coach! Vern and Glenda
'93 Magna #5008