I reached out to Power RV, because they were somewhat local, they appeared to be a smaller…read moredealership, and being a small business owner myself, I always try to support smaller, local businesses.
I went to Power RV about July 5th, 2025. I met with Kelley and was able to test drive the 2025 Coachmen Crosstrail 20XG motor home. I had been researching these for quite a while, and the drive did not disappoint.
Over the next couple weeks, I negotiated a fair price through Kelley, who was running negotiations through David, the owner. After agreeing on price, Juan, the finance manager, reached out to collect a $3,000 deposit.
I told Kelley from the beginning that I was going to have a third-party pre-purchase inspection, and had my own financing. I did send Kelley all of the preapproval information on August 6th. Kelley thanked me for the information and said that's exactly what they would need.
When the inspector arrived, they had an extension cord plugged into the RV, and the propane tank was not full. They did have a hose available. The inspector called me during the inspection to inform me that the RV had a "hot skin condition, " meaning there was voltage on the outside of the RV. He was able to have the motorhome moved to a different area of the dealership where he could get a 30 amp connection. Once it was plugged into a 30 amp connection and not an extension cord, the original issue with the hot skin condition cleared. They also eventually filled up the propane tank.
There were several items on the inspection report such as an electrical outlet wired wrong, a couple of the outside doors would not lock, there was a fair amount of rust on the driveshaft and rear differential, and a couple of loose/missing trim pieces inside the motorhome.
They agreed to correct the items, except for the undercarriage rust that was mentioned. The comment that I got was "all vehicles have rust." Even with that, I was prepared to move forward, because for a few hundred dollars, I could have the rust removed.
They needed a few more days to get those issues corrected, so the date agreed upon to go down and finalize things was August 12th.
Friends drove me down to the dealership on August 12th. I met with Kelley, who took me in to meet with Juan, the finance manager. I sat down to review and handed him the cashiers check for the down payment. Juan appeared confused. It appeared he was expecting a check for the full amount. I told him I had pre-approved financing, and I had provided all the information to their dealership the week before. Juan said he would need to talk with the owner.
I left the finance manager's office and returned to the motor home to wait. We had arrived at the dealership around 11:30 and around 3:30 or so, they still did not have things figured out. Kelley told me that they would deliver the RV to my home once they had everything resolved. My friends and I left the dealership.
After thinking about things, I canceled the deal. If it is this difficult to purchase a motor home, I cannot imagine what any service needs would be like.
I had to request my $3,000 deposit back on three separate days before I received it.
Here's my take. They do not like it when you come in with your own pre-approved financing. They had all the pre-approval financing information for six days, and they told me to come down to pick up the motor home on August 12th.
I don't know whether the lack of working with my finance company was deliberate or an accident, but in any case, it caused me a lot of wasted time. Seems to be an important question as they are the ones who told me to come down on August 12 to pick up the motor home.
While waiting in the motor home on August 12, Kelley would check in periodically with me. I feel bad for the position she was put in. I feel like the owner really dropped the ball on this.
Let's be clear, I was not buying a set of bath towels. This was a $135,000 motor home.
Although nobody was rude per se', ownership doesn't seem to care. Very disappointed. I do not recommend this dealership.