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Spoke at length this afternoon with Sales at Gulfstream. Ironically I rec'd my Statements of Vehicle Origin (chassis and coach) today as well. The documentation all checks out, matching the dates on the door jamb stickers. The story on my coach goes like this..... The unit was inducted to the assembly line on 8 Oct 2009 and was completed with exception of hold outs (not all parts available at this time) on 22 Oct 2009. This is the date of manufacture shown on the door jam sticker from GS that includes the GS serial number. The assembly completion date was 3 Dec 2009 (after recpt of hold out parts). They state this is routinely done to keep the assembly line moving and to finish the coach off of the assembly line. The December date is no where to be found on the vehicle. As an available coach it was "ordered" by my dealer, East Coast RVs in mid Feb (not on my behalf) and delivered to them on 5 March. We took delivery on 27 March. Apparently there are no regulations that govern when a manufacturer rolls the model year to the next year. Its done at their discretion. Kind of a weird feeling knowing that I own a "new" 2011 coach that has a chassis that was manufactured in April of 2008 and has a DOM of Oct 2009 that really didn't get finished until Dec 2009. Like said, as long as the title and/or vehicle origination paperwork says its a 2011, its a 2011 and I own it.