FMCA Rally, Pomona, CA: Day 1
A full day of Motor Coach Excitment!
We started out the day moving sites. Rick and Sue decided they needed an electric site, not surprising since they have an all electric coach! We moved next to them(mostly for their sat. internet connection ;) ) We all hopped in our car and headed over to Starbucks for a caffeine boost.
We were off to our first seminar; boring! It was a seminar for first time attendees. We were expecting to get the inside scoop on the show. But, what we got was an overview of the show book they give in the welcome packet. Since we pulled in on Saturday, we had two days to read the book, figure out what companies we wanted to visit and get service from, our seminar schedule and times to visit the vendor booths and coaches. If anyone had taken the time to peruse the book, they would not need this 'intro' seminar. We left hoping the other seminars are more informative then this one!
After grabbing some lunch, I headed over to the diesl 101 seminar. Laura headed over for seminar on Sharp convection ovens and usage. I found the diesel seminar to be almost too basic. I did learn a few things about turbo chargers, warm up and cool down times. The differences in RPMs of gas vs. diesel was also interesting. I think I will probably get more useful information out of the Cummin's specific seminar on Tuesday. Laura learned a few useful tricks on the Sharp convection oven. Especially related to pre-heat times on different power levels ( 20 v. 30 v. 50 amp service) We were begininng to think we may have a defective oven as we were having trouble with pre-heating; Not so after the seminar!
Both of our seminars ended at 3pm. time to head over to the coach preview area! There are over 1,000 new coaches from every major manufacturer to check out. We were mostly interested in seeing the over top ones we could never afford!
Here is what you are greated with as you enter the area. Row after row of coaches to wander through. This is the Country Coach area. The foreground coach is around $600,000 as you go along they dropped down to about $350,000. Most of the difference is in length and how much 'bling' you want!
So, you've got a million dollars you're looking to spend?
This Newell London Aire will allow you to live pretty good on the road! This coach was classy without looking too gaudy, which seems to be an epidemic in the RV industry when you get around the million mark! (not that we have to worry about this, but god do I HATE mirrored ceilings. Hey RV reps, tons of mirrored walls and ceilings do NOT make 400 sq ft look any bigger!)
We were off to our first seminar; boring! It was a seminar for first time attendees. We were expecting to get the inside scoop on the show. But, what we got was an overview of the show book they give in the welcome packet. Since we pulled in on Saturday, we had two days to read the book, figure out what companies we wanted to visit and get service from, our seminar schedule and times to visit the vendor booths and coaches. If anyone had taken the time to peruse the book, they would not need this 'intro' seminar. We left hoping the other seminars are more informative then this one!
After grabbing some lunch, I headed over to the diesl 101 seminar. Laura headed over for seminar on Sharp convection ovens and usage. I found the diesel seminar to be almost too basic. I did learn a few things about turbo chargers, warm up and cool down times. The differences in RPMs of gas vs. diesel was also interesting. I think I will probably get more useful information out of the Cummin's specific seminar on Tuesday. Laura learned a few useful tricks on the Sharp convection oven. Especially related to pre-heat times on different power levels ( 20 v. 30 v. 50 amp service) We were begininng to think we may have a defective oven as we were having trouble with pre-heating; Not so after the seminar!
Both of our seminars ended at 3pm. time to head over to the coach preview area! There are over 1,000 new coaches from every major manufacturer to check out. We were mostly interested in seeing the over top ones we could never afford!
Here is what you are greated with as you enter the area. Row after row of coaches to wander through. This is the Country Coach area. The foreground coach is around $600,000 as you go along they dropped down to about $350,000. Most of the difference is in length and how much 'bling' you want!
So, you've got a million dollars you're looking to spend?
This Newell London Aire will allow you to live pretty good on the road! This coach was classy without looking too gaudy, which seems to be an epidemic in the RV industry when you get around the million mark! (not that we have to worry about this, but god do I HATE mirrored ceilings. Hey RV reps, tons of mirrored walls and ceilings do NOT make 400 sq ft look any bigger!)
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