So, our new 2552 arrived yesterday!

Kermit's son Kraig delivered it right on time in the morning, gave us as much of a walkthrough as you can without information overload and then we looked at each other and said 'Ut-Oh, now what?' After staring at it for a while, mostly excited, we headed home for the load-in. Our plan was to load it up with the boxes of stuff we had accumulated and head right out to a nearby campground in Napa to check things out, set it up, read through a pile of manuals and get some immediate experience. Initial reactions at this point were: gorgeous rig, seems like the right amount of room and storage, comfortable and easy to drive, mushy feeling brakes, completely horrific (almost useless) Phoenix Manual.
Our initial choice was the Napa Expo, since it had full hookups and level pad sites but they were full due to a big dog show there. So we opted for the next closest, Skyline Wilderness Park, which is more rustic. Site not that level, but it was a large pull-through with 50 amp service and water, and a dump station. Very nice, quiet place with a lot of trails (including horse trails) and some great scenery. $30/night with AAA discount. I was pretty excited at this point because I actually got the PC there and into the site without hitting anything!

Leveling with the auto levelers was a bit confusing at first, but I managed to accomplish it with only some minor snickering from a neighbor. It's interesting that when the rig actually looks level, it really isn't. We ended up a bit off level, but I wasn't comfortable with one front wheel off the ground quite yet. Turned out not that noticeable inside, and the fridge worked fine. Slide worked great. Water hookup was no problem, though I'm not sure what the 'normal' position is for on the water switch yet.
First problem.....went to grab the power cable and there was no power cable in the rear compartment. Called Earl. Yep, should have been in the rear compartment. Checked whole rig, no cable. Either forgotten at the factory or stolen enroute during delivery? Earl said he'd send one out ASAP, but I told him I'd look locally first. Left Joni with the PC to unload and went to local Walmart which has some RV stuff, but as it turns out they had all cables except 50 amp. Next stop, local RV and marine parts store. Looked like they had it, hefty 4prong 50 amp. Back at the site, went to plug it into the PC and found the rig receptacle has 3 prongs. Hmmm. Not only that, the receptacle on the PC is a camlock type, not just plug in. Call to Earl again. Verifies that they did install 50 amp service, and both 30 and 50 amp are three prong receptacles. Suggests again to send the cable, or possibly try Camping World. The cable I bought at the local RV parts place was an extension, not a primary cable. Hour later I had the right cable from local CW ($300) and am a happy camper (pun intended) Everything powers up nicely. Awning, tv's, antenna, fantastic fans, DVD and BlueRay, sinks, toilet, shower, fridge, shades, step, backup camera all work wonderfully and seem high quality. Especially pleasantly surprised by water heater which heated quickly and we never ran out with normal use. Also surprised by how quickly the gray water tank filled with just two showers and minimal sink use. Thankful I read Ron's post about the simple gray/black tank equalization process with electric valves which gained us a bit of gray space. Amazing how much water one uses (wastes) on a normal basis.
Second problem.....wanted to see how the furnace and Coleman Mach8 a/c worked. Turned on a/c and the Coleman cranked up and seemed to work well. Set fan to low to see how quiet it would get and it went to low and sounded really quiet. Somewhere between setting gas heat and electric heat the thermostat died. Blown fuse in thermostat. Quick trip to Home Depot for more fuses. Thermostat displayed room temp when set to off, but when switched to heat or cool and adjusted with up/down, it would display the room temp then set temp then '00' which I think is a comm failure of some sort, then blew the fuse again. Pulled the thermostat and carefully pulled wiring out of the wall. All connections seems good with wire nuts and no shorts I could see. Reinstalled and changed fuse one more time....no luck. It was pretty late by this time and we decided to forego heating. Temps got down to just below 50 degrees outside and it was about 55 inside. Pretty chilly, but manageable for one night. Good thing Pomeranians were bred to pull sleds and are just big enough to keep your feet warm in the twin beds. Beds were amazingly comfortable, by the way. Decided to call our first big trip (one night) a success, as far as experience, head back home, finish loading the rig and figure out the thermostat issue.
All in all we love our PC and have received a few comments from people already about how nice it is. Earl at Phoenix was very apologetic and supportive. Kraig was very nice, prompt and helpful with the delivery. And lots of folks on this forum have provided so much great info that it helped us a great deal in figuring things out and making our first days easier. Thanks!

Mike and Joni