Why Not A Bluebird For You?

[adventurehighway]

Hi folks! After having gone to the Tampa RV show not too long ago, I wanted to post a short message urging people to consider purchasing a good used Bluebird for their coach. At the RV show, I saw so many folks laying down 2, 3, and 4 hundred thousand dollars on brand new rigs. If they only knew that they could pick up a beautiful used but like new Bluebird for that kind of money! Then they would own one of the most solid built, safe, and reliable rigs that exist.

I have met multiple people who purchased new motorhomes from various well known and popular manufacturers who say they wished they never bought the thing due to so many problems. I have NEVER met a Bluebird owner who has said this. In the 3 years I have owned my "Bird", the only thing I have had to fix is to replace one of the water pumps for the coach water system. I did that at my leisure because Bluebird put two water pumps for redundancy. My Bluebird is 13 years old and still looks like new (original paint).

So I just wanted to throw this idea out to you. As you can tell, I am very fond of my Bluebird because it is so reliable and solid. Please go to our site at www.adventurehighway.net to see many photos of our rig. You may want a rig that has a slide out. No problem. Go to www.birdconnection.com to see many Bluebirds for sale around the country. Several coaches with slide outs there. Oh, just to be clear, I am not selling my rig. I bought a Bluebird so it would last me the next 30 years of RV'ing and I plan to keep this one.

Jerry

[tiggerv9l]

I found an on thing on our trip from Vancouver Island down Florida via Arizona, Texas and then back up through Gerogia, South Dakota. In 4 of the Rv sites we stayed they would not allow bus conversions. It was in big print on the brochure. I find this rather silly because we have seen some fabulous conversions that would compare to any shiny new motor home. I asked one manager how strict their rule was and they were adament. "You let one you have to let them all". I really don't know how such a thing could be enforced

[adventurehighway]

That is interesting. I have seen bus conversions that looked like a disaster and some that were very beautiful. Same thing with regular Class A's, B's, C's and such.

This would not be a worry in a Bluebird, though. A Bluebird motorcoach is not a bus conversion. It is built from the ground up to be a motorhome from day one. True, it is built on a bus chassis but believe me, that is a good thing.

Now, if someone were to take a former Bluebird school bus and convert it, that would be a whole different thing and might be restricted in the park mentioned.

Jerry and Erika in San Antonio now. Remember the Alamo!!!

[richa]

We met a gentleman several years ago that purchased a new BlueBird for around $850.000. Talking to him about his coach was like talking to a living nightmare. He'd had a number of problems with his coach from day one, and after about one year, they still had not repaired it correctly. It still had a water leak, squeaky, mushy floor, and several other problems. He was really frustrated with it. At that time, he was thinking of trying to get them to replace it and at that time, they were refusing to even work on it again. Not my idea of a great company to deal with. I agree with you about most of the owners we've met. However, if you never have a problem, you don't know how the company will stand behind the coach they built. Richa

[bjsbar]

I was at the Birdsnest in Georgia and quite impressed with the company on the whole. We have a Bird Conversion. It is a solid machine. Rated in a roll over. I feel very safe in this rig.;)

[queenoftheroad]

That's really interesting about bus conversions not being allowed.

We full-timed in our bus (a Prevost Le Mirage) for a year, all through the US and never once had anyone tell us we could not stay at their campground. I did have a couple of places ask if it was a "home made" conversion and was informed that if it had been, we would not have been allowed to stay. One place also did not allow rigs (I don't remember if it was just bus conversions or RVs in general) older than 10 years.

[captnkidd]

Well 2 1/2 years ago, we limped into Clearwater, Fl. We found a Bluebird and traded out of our class A that was only 2 years old.

Since that time, we have had only a few minor issues and the factory took care of all of them.

We have put 25,000 more miles on it since we bought it and I'm here to tell you, I can do 8-10 hrs behind the wheel, get up grill dinner, have a drink and relax watching a movie. Then get up the next day and do it again. I could not do that before. I truly believe that a Bird or Prevost are the only two that I could do that in.

:D :D "We love our 2003 Bird":D :D

[utmtman]

I have talked to a lot of people who had bluebirds and found they had to sell them cuz they could not get into rv parks. A lot of parks now are requiring a rv be 10 years old or newer. They dont allow anything older. I have found that most the casinos were that way as well and traded away my old winnebago for a newer trailer and now a new motor home.