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Hope I posted this in the correct location. I forgot to post on this forum my buying experience with Couch's RV Nation. My purchase was made back on September 10th. Here is what I posted on another R-Pod forum. 
As stated in my prior post that I would return for a report on my buying experience with RV Nation here in Ohio. We were originally planning on our pick up around the 7th. Our 179 didn't arrive until this morning. 
The service department jumped right to work on prep and we started our walk through at 1pm. Can't say enough good things about the way this purchase went. First let me say there was no mention of completing the sale prior to the prep or walk through. As a matter of fact we were allowed to watch dealer prep prior to our walk through. All persons from Brannon our salesman to Mike our prep/demonstration person in the service department were extremely professional and courteous. One of the other guys in the service department, I assume the service manager, didn't get his name, came by and informed us that if there was anything we were not satisfied with just let him know and it would be taken care of. I am totally satisfied with the buying experience, best I've ever experienced. Not like buying a new car at all. 

Now for the trailer. My wife and I dug really deep based on the information in this review, which by the way was extremely helpful. We found only a couple of the issues that are listed in this review, so thanks for the heads up. Otherwise, watched it being prepped and cleaned really good. Maybe that was because we were present, but a good job was performed. 
Mike did the hitch set up, appears to work just fine from the dealer back to the motel we eventually booked due to being tired of the wife's relatives. I had already installed a P2 brake controller but Mike got in the TV and made a few adjustments and the drive back to motel was great. I had an E2 hitch installed. We will be getting on the road back to Texas around 0500 hrs tomorrow. 
I hope this review of Jeff Couch's RV nation helps someone about deciding whether to purchase from them or not. Now we'll just see how the POD holds up. 
We only had minor dealings with the finance guy as we had a cashier's check for our purchase so can't comment about financing other than he tried to sell us a $1649.00 four year extended warranty. Of course we refused thanks to research done on this and other forums. I did read on many different forums about other extended plans that are much cheaper if we decide to purchase one. 

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Texas Podder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2015 Location: Central Texas Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Texas Podder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Dealer Review Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 10:13pm
	Hope I posted this in the correct location. I forgot to post on this forum my buying experience with Couch's RV Nation. My purchase was made back on September 10th. Here is what I posted on another R-Pod forum. As stated in my prior post that I would return for a report on my buying experience with RV Nation here in Ohio. We were originally planning on our pick up around the 7th. Our 179 didn't arrive until this morning. The service department jumped right to work on prep and we started our walk through at 1pm. Can't say enough good things about the way this purchase went. First let me say there was no mention of completing the sale prior to the prep or walk through. As a matter of fact we were allowed to watch dealer prep prior to our walk through. All persons from Brannon our salesman to Mike our prep/demonstration person in the service department were extremely professional and courteous. One of the other guys in the service department, I assume the service manager, didn't get his name, came by and informed us that if there was anything we were not satisfied with just let him know and it would be taken care of. I am totally satisfied with the buying experience, best I've ever experienced. Not like buying a new car at all. Now for the trailer. My wife and I dug really deep based on the information in this review, which by the way was extremely helpful. We found only a couple of the issues that are listed in this review, so thanks for the heads up. Otherwise, watched it being prepped and cleaned really good. Maybe that was because we were present, but a good job was performed. Mike did the hitch set up, appears to work just fine from the dealer back to the motel we eventually booked due to being tired of the wife's relatives. I had already installed a P2 brake controller but Mike got in the TV and made a few adjustments and the drive back to motel was great. I had an E2 hitch installed. We will be getting on the road back to Texas around 0500 hrs tomorrow. I hope this review of Jeff Couch's RV nation helps someone about deciding whether to purchase from them or not. Now we'll just see how the POD holds up. We only had minor dealings with the finance guy as we had a cashier's check for our purchase so can't comment about financing other than he tried to sell us a $1649.00 four year extended warranty. Of course we refused thanks to research done on this and other forums. I did read on many different forums about other extended plans that are much cheaper if we decide to purchase one.
	Mike & Erin 2016 Rpod 179 2013 Tundra 4.6 V8 2006 Honda Goldwing 2005 Honda VTX 1800

Lark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 May 2010 Location: Mn Status: Offline Points: 259	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lark Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 7:45am
	I hope you enjoy your 179 as much as I have. I purchased a 2015 model in April from a local dealer here in MN, and have stayed in it for about 50 nights. It's my second pod trading off a 171 for the 179. I have dealt with 2 dealers and both have done a good job in prep and taking care of any little problems I've had. Forest River does an excellent job in the design and build of the Pod. I do highly recommend the lift kit, which I had done before delivery. See my other postings. Lark 2015 R-179 F-150
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