New RPod 178 Owners!
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Topic: New RPod 178 Owners!
Posted By: swaga
Subject: New RPod 178 Owners!
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2013 at 4:43pm
| My wife and I just purchased a 2013 RPod 178 and will be picking it up 01/09/2013. We have a Ford F-150 V-6 with 'EcoBoost' (3.73 ratio). We look forward to pulling that pod soon! |
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Posted By: Racer|X|
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2013 at 8:26pm
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Welcome and Congrats! ------------- |
Posted By: Kickstart
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2013 at 9:14pm
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Welcome aboard, and I'll betcha you will not have to worry if your tow rig can do the job with your Pod. Nice combo! ------------- '10 RP 175-Replaced by 2014 Kodiak 173 QBSL '12 Toyota Tundra '05 Sportster (half a Harley) Retired-We're on Beach Time! |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2013 at 9:34pm
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Welcome!
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: coopercdrkey
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2013 at 7:10am
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I do like the U-shaped dinette, but our 177 at 18' is as much as I care to pull. You should have no problem with the 178 and your pickup. Welcome! We hope you enjoy yours as much as we do ours. We are headed out for the first trip of the new year in a week or so. Living in Florida has its advantages! (edit)- Looking at the photos on the Nation web site, I notice that the entertainment center is the same cheesy Audiovox as in the 177. When Tech first posted the preliminary floor plan a few months ago, I remember seeing the entertainment center on the left wall by the door, closer to the dinette. Must have been deemed too expensive......
------------- Bob and Joyce Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |
Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2013 at 12:20pm
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Congratulations, and Welcome to the forum! ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2013 at 3:14pm
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Welcome aboard. Let us know about that 178. I am curious about them, being an upgrade from our 177.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: coopercdrkey
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2013 at 6:01pm
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My wife who is an avid reader of this forum, and a legitimate critic of my postings, just admonished me for my calling the Audiovox unit "cheesy". It in no way was intended to diminish, the excitement of a new R-Pod delivery, and may in fact be totally acceptable to the new owners. My bad, and my apology. ------------- Bob and Joyce Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2013 at 10:34pm
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For those of us who don't feel a need to watch much tv when camping the Audiovox units are fine.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: coopercdrkey
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2013 at 7:45am
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As they say, "After further review....." I returned to the Couch RV Nation site to take a closer look at the RP 178 photos. One definitely shows the 177-type entertainment module over the bed, but there is another pic that shows an antenna (or maybe satellite) F-connector on the wall as shown on the floor plan. I missed it the first time 'cause there's no television, just the AC plug and F-connector plates. Maybe the 178 has both- the Audiovox and the option to add your own flat screen, or maybe the photo showing the over-the-bed console was just a stock photo, and is actually from a 177. I don't know why it matters so much to me, except that my dislike for the Audiovox unit has been pretty well documented. I'll shut up, now....
------------- Bob and Joyce Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels RP 177 "Key Pod" Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71 |