miboje wrote:
Bad Brad wrote:
There's options for everyone, but you can't expect a Rolls Royce if you don't pay for it. Personally, I'm happy with a Honda. The bells and whistles don't impress me...the camping experience does!
I drive a 1999 Subaru Outback SUS sedan with 198,000 miles on it, so that should clarify that I am just not into ego and prestige.:B
I'm not asking for a prestige brand product to stroke my ego. I am asking for something of good quality that is durable, comfortable, attractive, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. And to reiterate, something towable by a 1-ton turbo diesel rather than a land yacht.
If you buy a Honda vs. a Rolls Royce, should you expect that Honda to be a piece of sh!t?
Behind the scenes, most mechanics will tell you cars like Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, etc. are less reliable than your typical Civic or Corolla. Granted these luxury cars will blow your socks off when you open the door and that's worth more than reliability to some folks. But, year and mileage being equal, you're more likely to be sitting on the side of the road calling AAA in one of these European luxury cars than a Civic or Corolla. FWIW, the Consumer Report reliability charts pretty much sum it up.
IMO, when you get down to the nuts and bolts, literally, there's very little difference in the way RV's from one manufacturer to another are constructed. It's very much hit or miss. There is no consistent quality. Over and over again I've seen folks buy a unit based on personal owner feedback from another owner. They purchase the same unit and when it arrives it looks like it was built on a different planet. On the flip side, if you go down to the local Toyota dealer and look at 20 Corolla's, you'd be very, very hard-pressed to find even one single difference in construction or quality.
