Word: sztykiel
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...JOHN SZTYKIEL The last time I drove a coach like this in a big city, I made a turn too tight and took out one of the light towers and put a nice 12-in. rip in the side wall...
...SZTYKIEL From an investor-relations perspective, people step inside and say, "Wow, it's not the motor home you saw in the movie Spaceballs. It's a lot nicer than that...
...SZTYKIEL People perceive that as gas prices go up, then RV sales will drop off. But you don't buy one of these coaches [which cost $100,000 and up] if you're concerned about the price of the fuel. And because we're strictly focused on diesel, gas prices' going up forces people to look more at diesel because they know it has better fuel economy. Registrations for diesel motor homes are up 11% over last year, which was a 25-year high...
...SZTYKIEL The money allocated two to three years ago is just starting to filter down to the states where they're starting to spend it on fire trucks. But the same demographics that drive the RV business drive the ambulance industry. Eleven thousand Americans turn 50 every day. They're entering the core buying market for RVs. But this also means more of us are taking rides in ambulances...
...SZTYKIEL We don't sleep in this thing because if you do that or use the toilet, you bring down the resale value [of this vehicle]. If it's a bathroom emergency, I don't care--go outside and get a ticket. I'll pay the $150 instead of losing the $5,000 in depreciated value...