Allegro Class C reviews

Cooking on a Custom Allegro Bus, anyone ? This RV is actually very nice and has a good selling price. Te livability is effected by some of the customization which seems incomplete at this time. Also the floor plan has changed a little and again it may not have reached the desired level of comfort yet but it’s still a mark down at this point. The over-all quality is again a “not finished” item at this point, so another point off. As far as Factory support, it may have some kind of extended transferable plan but it’s not mentioned so being a 2002 model year it’s certainly out of any other warrant program that I’m a where of at this point so until it’s shown to be differently it’s a major point deduction. You still can still get parts for many of these and most motorhome facilities should be able to easily service them especially if it’s a Cummins diesel with an Allison transmission which is pretty much the norm for the industry these days. While saying that I have seen a slight recovery of Caterpillar engines on some very expensive Busses out there Because the engine doesn’t represent the same high percentage of the end product price. and tends to get ignored in the multi-million dollar price tag. If they can get there servicing abilities back up to at least par then they could become a real competitor in larger engines with better milage because that’s where I’m told they really shine. If you were to open a Caterpillar servicing facility in one of there high traffic areas or at a place convenient to people with Cat driven motorhomes you would be flooded with business overnight. This is why you can literally put two absolutely identical motorhomes next to each other with the absolutely only difference is that one has a Cat engine and the other has a Cummins both with the identical Allison transmission and hp and torque, the one with the Cat engine will be much cheaper to purchase simply because Caterpillar has been cursed with its inability to have servicing facilities in any real local areas like Cummins does.. The issue I had with the Allegro Bus 40 OP when seriously thinking of making an offer on it was there was just something that didn’t seem right about it. Now it’s obvious that the dinner table has been modified as well as a few other things. The coach is very clean and obviously very well taken care of, so what was driving me crazy about it ?? Then when going back over the counter space I was looking for where the stove top comes up out of the counter and couldn’t find it !! At first I thought that, WOW, they really did a great job of hiding it there such that it just wasn’t obvious that it was there but there must be a lock or button or something to open it up. At last it hit me there isn’t any stove top with burners present at all and that anyone I asked couldn't find either. They just are not there at all. So, I presume that if you purchase this very nice custom RV you will need to invest in a camping stove top or as a minimum a hot plate of some type with and automatic off switch if they come that way along with some way to hold it down while using it on the road. The counter top appears to have been cut out of a beautiful solid pice of thick wood and nicely finished but the idea of cutting out a place for the stove top was just something left for the next owner I guess. I left emails to them about this in case it’s hidden some how but so far only one of the sales agents has returned my call and confirmed that there are no stove top burners in this Bus at all. She said the person who started the customization just said that he never used I so why put it in. But because he / she didn’t finish the job (I think !). He or she would rather just buy a hot plate for anything he can’t cook in his convection microwave and only use it while stationary so he doesn’t need to clutter up his jewel of a completely flawless counter top !!! So, just how often do you use your cook top burners or plates ?? We use ours a lot. At least enough to justify having them permanently installed. I’m not exactly sure why this small thing turned me off to the entire idea of making a reasonable offer on it but it did and all I can think of is if it took me this long to figure this deviation of counter top design then what else might be re-designed, ignored , by-passed or changed in some manner that will catch me off guard at the worst possible time like most things seem to do on these beautiful rigs we just love driving from our high driving perch above everyone else on the road with airhorns so load that the poor soul slowing us all down think a freight train is coming right at them and get there asses out of the way pronto and you have to admit that you actually love it, don’t you ?? Mike Irvine Just a thought. You Show less