rudisill99

3 hours ago, Bob Nodine said:

I am not promoting any particular roadside service but I believe the average cost of Coachnet is about $120 a year so 120 x 9 = $1080. I would say he broke even on the cost of the insurance compared to their payout.

I just checked my Quicken records, and I paid $963.50 for coverage from 2005 to 2016.  I guess I did recover more in claims than I paid in premiums after all.

4 hours ago, Dennis H said:

Dave, if you paid roughly $2,250 for the 'protection' and they paid $1,000 in road service calls for you, do you still feel it was worth the protection? Peace of mind maybe? Not being snarky, just trying to wrap my head around how others perceive this 'deal'.. thanks....Dennis

No offense taken.

I view[ed] emergency road service plans simply as a way of spreading out the cost of road service emergencies over relatively small annual payments. Sure, I would rather have paid less in premiums than I avoided in service bills.  Qué será, será

For nine of the thirteen years we were fulltimers we had Coach-Net. They provided minor assistance a couple of times and paid over $1,000 in road service and towing fees for the one time we were broken down on the side of the road and needed to be towed.

We were pleased with them.

2 hours ago, biloxi_dad said:

I have a 2005 HR Ambassador with Sharp micro/Convection oven that only ran 1 min on Convection...found it was a part that cost about $25.  Replaced 2 yrs ago and it still working properly.  You have similar problem?

The same thing happened with mine. It was a $25 "damper motor".

23 hours ago, JDStew said:

Here's some notes I've been gathering about model comparisons across the Monaco brands.

I do know that Monaco would include higher brand features down the line (Camelot got some Dynasty features with new model years).

I attached the image of the comparison table. I'm not easily able to paste the table or image of table.

A correction re: Beavers. The Beaver Santiam was the same coach as the Diplomat. The Monterey was somewhere between the Camelot and the Windsor. 

We were fulltimers in both those Beaver models over the course of 13 years.

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Dave Rudisill

5 hours ago, b_faster said:

The new LEO ISP sat system that is being launched will target latency time of sub 100 Milliseconds, early testing is in the sub 50 milliseconds.  Your previous experience with VSAT based ISP is GEO based, latency always > 650 Milliseconds.   The difference is the physics, LEO orbit is less than 5% distance of the GEO orbit satellites, therefore the roundtrip is significantly less.   The antenna requirements will also be significantly less complicated than GEO antenna systems, omnidirectional panels/domes vs highly directional dish units that GEO requires.     

https://www.engadget.com/spacex-starlink-low-latency-funding-082010029.html

I would believe the value entered on the placard. When we bought our last motorhome (2004 Beaver Monterey), the deal was contingent on Monaco swapping out the 20,000# rear axle for a 23,000# unit. A few weeks after we took delivery we went to the factory service center in Coburg, and watched them replace the axle.

Here's the relevant part: After they replaced the axle they replaced the placard with one that had the weight rating for the  new axle. They appeared to take that placard data seriously.