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    Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:14am
So we are picking up our 2018 R-Pod 171 this Friday.

We got the 171 (AC, Conv Micro, Electric Tongue Jack, R-Dome, Bat/Propane)
& Brake Controller Install (Part & Install) & Dist Hitch Install (Labor Only)

What do you think about Price Paid?
$15,500 OTD
I think they could have done a bit better, but I was getting about the same at 2 other dealers.

What do you think about our TV?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:45am
Clickscray, Congrats on your new Pod and 15.5K out the door (including tax?) sounds pretty good to me. Though what is really important then a few hundred bucks here or there to me IMHO is the RV dealer. Is he assailable, will he stand behind his product with timely service and repairs if need be. As far as the TV we've had our 180 for nearly six months and have yet to take the plastic off it or turn it on other then when we bought it and it looked pretty good then to us. Why, I don't go camping to watch TV, radio and the CD-player and a good book, is all the wife and I need. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 4:38pm
Hi. Yes, that is including tax.

The Breakdown:

Unit + (Brake Controller Part + Install) + (Distribution Hitch Install Only): 13966
Tax: 909.23
Fees: 349 (Stupid Delivery Fee), 200 (Reg Fee) 5.5 (Bat/Tire Fee)

Total: 15,424

The dealer is  a little over an hour from my house, so I will probably have to find one closer. 

I am in Orlando though, there are several places around.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 8:08pm
I would say that is an excellent price.  In January 2011 we paid 12,000 total including tax for a 177 that we "special ordered" that came without A/C, without microwave/convection oven and without the entertainment system.  We did get a sway bar link for our Explorer and now 25,000 miles and 6 + years later are still enjoying the pod and haven't had regrets about not getting a lot of stuff we couldn't use anyway since we boondock a lot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 9:02pm
Welcome to the group!! Congrats on your 171!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 9:23pm
Thanks everyone! I will post some photos when I pick it up Friday.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:12pm
Congratulations, it's a great time of anticipation waiting to pick it up.  We picked up our 177 then went to a KOA just down the road near Williams.  Stayed there two days shaking hands with the new unit and understanding how everything works.  As it was September but still late monsoon season it rained that night.  We fell asleep listening to the rain.  Told my sister-in-law that that night was the best sleep I had gotten ever.  That alone was worth the price of admission.

We live in a very comfortable home with lots of buttons, whistles and bells but, for what ever reason, I sleep much better in the "frog".  Can't wait, we're off tomorrow for another trip to the "high country", this time to White Horse Lake.

Enjoy your new froggie 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Aug 2017 at 1:36pm
We got our Our Pod!  Note, this is our first travel trailer.

I checked this over very good (I am very detailed). Maybe some of these notes will help new buyers.

Feel free to comment.

Issues Found on Walkthrough:
Shower panel has a bubble and the caulk came loose in a few spots.
A piece for floor trim was loose.
The faucet leaks when off.
The ceiling over the dinette had 2 screw tips that had poked through barely.
The ceiling over the bed actually had a bubble in it right at a seam and the caulk had broken. You could push on it to make it straight again. (They said I need to come back and this whole panel will be replaced.
The light switch for the bath light was VERY crooked and had a previous screw hole showing.
Minor caulking on the exterior in a few spots. (Spoiler, rear light, door)
A piece of vertical rubber on 2 of the windows had broken loose.
Nearly every outlet is a bit crooked, but correctable yourself.

Performance Negatives:
1. AC is VERY loud. We followed other suggestions and left it ON all night, not on Auto.
2. The mattress is pretty bad. I am only about 148lbs, my wife is about 142lbs. It was a bit of a rough sleep.
3. The shower seemed especially cheap, and uses outdated almond color with white caulk, instead of white.
4. Speakers are absolute garbage.

Positives:
1. Good quality cabinets, about the only thing that is straight.
2. Maint is easy.
3. All the nice little features you already know about.
4. Towing was super easy, even with our 05 chevy trailblazer inline 6. Great viability, with no extra mirrors of any kind needed.

Overall:
Still pretty happy with everything, but my biggest disappointment is how obvious some of the issues where. It makes me VERY nervous about some about some of the quality of other areas I could not readily see (Electrical, Furnace, Plumbing).

I just don't understand how someone could screw in a switch and it be so crooked, yet walk away.





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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Aug 2017 at 2:33pm
Clickscrazy,

As you are and have found out all new RV's have "issues" with our R-Pod not being an exception. I will agree with you totally that IMHO Forest River has really fallen down on the job when it comes to quality control issues. There is no valid reason any Pod should come from the factor with crooked electric receptacles much less many other issues new Pod owners have had to contend with. I also lay part of the blame on the RV dealer who's only concern is to get the unit sold and out the door and hope the new owner doesn't spot obvious problems. 

As for some of your issues they can be easily solved though I doubt the noise problem you have with your A/C can but maybe someone else here or your RV dealer can help you on that issue. Yes, the mattress sucks but so do most other mattress in other RV units. Try looking into a gel foam topper mattress cover for it or if you want to spend big $$ a new mattress. As for the speaker if they are that bad to you then you can upgrade them but for me they are fine since I'm going deaf! Embarrassed 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Aug 2017 at 3:15pm
I guess I put even more responsibility on the dealer to go over new RVs and fix the little problems.  Our pod was free of defects when we picked it up, but talking with the techs I learned few come to them that don't need some love. 
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