Same here too, We saved thousands and thousands of dollars by buying in Indiana and planned on doing a half-day PDI, but due to a delay with the trailer in paint and need to get back home to Colorado for work, Our PDI was cut to a 45 minute "run through". Because this was in Mid-November and the parking location at the house I had in Colorado we were unable to test the water system until January when we got to Texas. We had a few leaks that a screw driver, end snips, or my hand was able to fix, and like other have said, even if we were 10 miles form the dealer, I would have fixed it myself. When we bought our trailer we did not know where all we would be staying, so location of the dealer was of no real concern. I really love the fact that for all the warranty needs, Heartland has sent the parts to me and I put the new stuff in and send the defective parts back as needed. I did not do much (if any) reading on the forum until after we bought the Landmark, but have found it a great source for any question, concern or idea we have. If I was not handy or able to work on the trailer having a good local dealer would have been much more important, and knowing now what I did not know back in 2008 I would have made arrangement to stay in Elkhart a couple more days just to get a more in depth walk-through and test all the systems out a bit better. We were lucky to have every thing work as well as it did. Now that the little bugs have all been worked out. The Landmark has been great for the past 12 months.
