Texas RV Dealer makes a good move

wanderingaimlessly wrote:

Planning wrote:


It is a fantastic sleight of hand that the RV industry takes advantage of: "It would be too expensive to build it right, but don't worry, there is always enough time and money to fix it".

I have a feeling that they have calculated that a sufficient percentage of people will just accept what they get, and then either fix the problems themselves or pay someone to do it, therefore saving the Manufacturer the cost and headache.

Manufacturers generally only design and build them well enough to get from the factory to the dealer and to a campground once. Manufacturers figure the vast majority of units sold will never move another mile once they arrive at a campground site so why build them rugged enough to survive the pounding going down the roads of America for thousand's of miles when the vast majority will never see the road again once delivered to a campground.
Like my Heartless oop's Heartland. The curb side slide out lower seal system design was so pathetic it did not have a hope in you know where of keeping water out while splashing down the roads in rain storm's. There was no mechanical structure within 18 inches of each end of the slideout to compress the wimpy seals together when the slideout was closed.
All Heartland's I have looked at after finding this out are built the same. I know I 'm not alone with having water running cross my floor after driving through a rain storm.

I can just hear the manufacturer now.
You drive through a rain storm with your unit? You can't do that, you will void the warranty.
This dealer's PDI process will never catch design build problem's like this.