Good Morning hoosblues:
DW and I were face with the same dilemma as you are suggesting; buyingoff the lot or ordering a new unit from the factory. We had even found the unit we wanted on alocal RV lot. Our challenge was thisdealer felt that his unit was worth $10k more than anyone else waswanting. We ended up purchasing from a Midwestdealer 1,900 miles from us, and even though our price from the Midwest dealerended up being only $5k under what the local dealer was pricing his unit for,we wanted different options on our unit than what the local dealers unithad. We also preferred to be the firstusers of the unit rather than have had half of Seattle’s population traipsingthrough the unit looking it over.
Long story short, we ordered and bought the unit from adealer in the upper Midwest where we were able to order the options that wewanted on the RV, and didn’t have to accept the options that the local dealerhad put on his unit. This discussioncould be argued either way, i.e. buying from the lot, or ordering new from thefactory. We’re pleased that we got theoptions we initially desired.
There are so many options to consider. Jimtoo has mentioned dual pane windows. We considered them initially and decided thatwe would not be camping in extreme weather (hot or cold), but in retrospect, wewould probably have considered them more carefully as we have been out with the RV for aweek or two on 3 different occasions since last Thanksgiving, and it has been alittle chilly here in the great NW.
Regarding the options you are wanting, ya justgotta take the list of options available, and decide what you want. Dual pane windows are a good example where ifyou want them, you would want to put them on from the factory, as buying andinstalling them post-RV purchase it could possibly be cost prohibitive. Other optionscould fall into this category as well. If there is one option that I could do over, it would be installing discbrakes on the RV before we pulled away from the dealer. Due to the cost of the upgrade, we willprobably wait for a year or two while leaving a little extra distance between usand other vehicles on the road.
If you local dealers have the unit and options you want at aprice you’re comfortable with; great…..
Good luck with your choices……… gebills.