Buying 178 r-pod tomorrow, any advic?

I have been following this forum for over a year now and am finally ready to purchase a 178. This is my first rv purchase so any advice would be appreciated.  I am purchasing from Couchs as they seem to have the best prices, even with the shipping.  

Congratulations on the new RP-178 acquisition! 

Welcome.  I agree on the warranty - go for the one FR offers, not the expensive ones the dealers offer.  Since it sounds like yours is being delivered, make sure you check out all the systems soon after delivery.

If you're buying from Couch's, are they delivering it or are you driving up to Ohio to pick it up? If the latter, I'd sure suggest spending your first night as owner overnighting in their lot.  They have water & electricity.  That way, you can operate everything to be sure there are no problems.  If you find anything, you'll have their techs right there the next morning.

For what it is worth, we bought our 178 from Lazy Days in Seffner (near Tampa).  Excellent service, and they did their best to match Couch's price.  Obviously they could not compete with Couch's destination charge but we ended up with all the options except for the bike rack, so we were more than happy with Lazy Days' price.  Best of all, they gave us a great trade-in allowance on our 2010 173.  Couch's did not want to bother with a trade-in.