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Originally Posted by bigben
Going into a dealership, be forearmed with information on whatever RV your want more info about. Most sales personnel are very outgoing and friendly - note in that description there is nothing about knowledgeable. Not saying that all sales reps are ignorant of info, just saying most that we've met knew or at best less than the DW and I did about their product. Our tact was to locate a RV we were interested in, visit the dealer/owner and then excuse them while we walked through looking/examining the RV. The sales folks we talked with didn't necessarily lie, I think they made up answers to question they weren't sure about.
Good luck and GO FOR IT.
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Great advice, bigben. I was a newbie when we started looking, but had done some research. I found that there are so many models on the lot that the salesmen can't know all the details about all the models they are selling. So, it seems they try to steer you to the model they do know and that they like. If you don't figure out ahead of time exactly what you are looking for and what you want to ask about it, you might end up with something you don't really want. As a newbie, it is easy to be led to the wrong rig without that personal research. Even with months of researching, I missed things I would have immediately noticed if I was more experienced; hence, the value of forums like this. For instance, I bought an ACE 30.3 because my wife and I liked the floor plan and thought, "Well, it supposedly sleeps six and we won't be sleeping more than five." After we purchased it and camped in it in the high 90s, temperature-wise, we figured out we should have two A/Cs instead of one (another dealer we had considered puts the two A/Cs on all ACEs except the 27 footer where Thor does not offer it as an option, at less money). Also, several of those "sleeping" positions are good only if you are 5'5" or less. Lots of research and asking lots of questions are key, especially for us newbies.
That is really cool-looking! 
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