The Neptune

I'm sitting in the heated massage recliner in my new-to-us 2007 Holiday Rambler Neptune 34-foot luxury motorhome. There I've said it! It's ours. Micky and I have always wanted one just like this. It truly is a buyer's market. We got this unit out the door with all the added warranties and add-ons for 30% the 'Blue Book' value.
The nice thing about this is we will use it. we didn't get it just to acquire a pretty thing. We were always happy with our pop-up and when the time came and we could afford a motorhome, we were happy and satisfied with it right up to today. In fact, it's very sad knowing that one of the guys that works here is going to snap it up. The trade-in inspector today was looking over the unit and gawking at the condition. " This is a nice old sled! I may have to buy it myself!" and he was being sincere, not just flattering me. And true to form the unit ran like a top all the way here. Sure, the windshield wipers came on uncommanded, but only once! Andf there's a new clunk in the front end, but only at low speed. I really am gonna miss crawling under the old gal and plotting a new modification.
Now i have to negotiate with the managing partner over every screw hole. I've staked out the underbelly and basement as "Free-Fire Zones", but all else must be evaluated for style and "ickiness".
Tomorrow we take the driving course and go through the full-blown inspection and instruction sessions on systems. This thing is complex. The closest thing to taking delivery of this motorhome is the inspections done at "pre-buy" of a corporate aircraft. I've done dozens of them and will apply the same standards.
As for LazyDays, they are a world-class outfit in every respect. Communications via phone and email over progress of the pre-delivery inspection was excellent. Today we called in and reported that we were 30 minutes out. At least 5 people were notified. We were whisked directly into Tyler Yeager's office for the final financial tango and then on to Insurance and then to the Delivery center for our benefits presentation. Of course we arrived on the property at 1600 (4 PM for you soldiers!) and by the time we were checked into trade-in and escorted to the delivery site (door-to-door with our new unit, already powered up with the airconditioner running to dry out the shampooed carpets, detailed to perfection inside and out) it was near the end of business. They would have continued as long as we chose, but we called the processing off until tomorrow so we could get some sleep on the new mattress (Sleep Number). We'll get up in the morning, wander into the cafe and have breakfast on them, just as we can do everyday for the rest of our lives as Club LazyDays members! Then after the driving course, we do a detailed walk-through inspection and systems checkout. Now we don't drive our unit in the course, they have a 45-foot pusher that's used just for that purpose, their gas and insurance!
Included in the purchase price is free 30-day functional warranty of all the major systems, if we find a problem and can't get back in 30 days, they just want it documented so they can fix it when we do come down. And if we end up in a service bay, if the unit is otherwise liveable, we live in their service bay, just no open fires, please!
If you ever want to trade up or buy for the first time, please let me know! I'll get some referral credits, but the real reason is the honest first-rate recommendation I can give to this place. I've never even heard of better!