2015 Tiffin Allegro Breeze

[2015 Tiffin Allegro Breeze]

This is a beautiful motorhome, Tiffin is a family owned company with an excellent reputation for quality and customer service. I do not own one right now so I am not biased in my opinion,well maybe a little.

One of the nicest things about the Breeze is that it's built on Tiffins own Power glide chassis. Having been stuck between a coach builder and the chassis builder on a few occasions i can tell you it's nice when you can take a coach in for service and not get treated like a tennis ball being smacked back and forth between manufacturers trying to get problems resolved.

I don't think you can go wrong with a decision to buy a Tiffin product

[Lurking For Some Time - Now Ready To Buy]

Greetings, everyone. We have been lurking here at FMCA for a little while as we have been doing research on buying a MH. Short background - my wife retired as a nurse (RN) 8 years ago. I'm a CPA and will be retiring on Dec 4 after almost 30 years with the same company. She has been traveling with me (about 125 nights a year) since she retired and we really like spending time together after 42 years of marriage. Looking forward to spending full time together in just about 6 weeks. We are both 63 and live in VA. We have been to our local dealer a few times and really like everyone we have met there including the sales guy we are dealing with. It's only about 3 miles from our home.

We think we have narrowed it down to a couple of MH's. They are both Newmars - one is a gasser the other a DP. In reading these boards it seems the recommendation is for newbie's to buy a gently used gasser to get into the lifestyle and see what you like and don't like and then move up to the coach you will have for an extended period. I think that is good advice but I'm a little concerned since I know nothing - absolutely nothing - about mechanics and maintenance. Ask me about numbers and I can talk all day but I don't even check the oil on our vehicles. I do make sure they get regular maintenance at our local place but I don't do anything myself other than drive it over to the shop. So, I'm more inclined to go new. Also, we really like our local dealership and tend to want to go new with them.

We drove both units today - first time driving a MH. We had been in a few but never drove one. Here is our initial reaction:

Ventana LE 4044 (DP) - Quiet and drove like a dream. Engine noise almost nonexistent. Coach seemed very solid and we loved the ride. Comfort Drive was great.

Canyon Star 3953 (gasser) - As we expected, the gasser had more engine noise. What we didn't expect was that the body seemed to creak/squeak much more than the DP. It was "noisy" but not so much that we wouldn't consider it.

In short - we loved the DP but it is also right at $50k more expensive for basically 11" more length.

Both are within the budget we have set - the DP is under by a little and the gasser by a substantial amount.

This is getting long but I have faith in your experience and have really appreciated everyone's willingness to share their experience with us newbies. Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks.

David and Judy

p.s. You might ask how we found FMCA? Several years ago we met a couple who if I remember correctly he was president of FMCA. I'm originally from Oklahoma and he had signed my CPA certificate when he was on the state board of public accounting. Small world.

We purchased a Canyon Star new in 2012 excellent quality, formerly owned 2 Fleetwood motorhomes,one gas one diesel.

Newmar in a league of there own. Most gas coaches are maxed out on their chassis. This contributes to banging, creaking,etc.Get ready to spend some money upgrading chassis with heavier duty sway bars, trac bars and engine upgrades with a Banks header and cold air intake.Call 5 star tuning get their scanner and reflash the stock computer with their program.Don't even waste time thinking about it just do it! Trust me you will never regret it.

Lastly you can buy an awful lot of gasoline with the money you saved by not buying a DP. Enjoy your new motorhome

[Ford V-10 Cruise Control]

Thanks for the insight.

[Ford V-10 Cruise Control]

I just bought a new gas motorhome on a Ford chassis, On my maiden voyage with the cruise control engaged the transmission down shifted 3 times into 2nd gear causing the engine to rev to 4800 rpms.

I was on a moderate grade and this scared the life out of me! Is this common? I can't believe this is good on a new engine.

Also, the cruise wouldn't disengage by hitting the brake pedal. I had to turn off the cruise control manually. Anyone have similar problem? When I drove without the cruise the trans shifted normally.