Adventurer 19 RK

Nat-mobile wrote:
We are thinking of purchasing a 2013 Adventurer RK. Does anyone have any experience with this model, good or bad? We are aware that it is an ex-rental and what to expect, but looking for any advice that people may have for us.

Thanks in advance!

I am going to test drive one either tomorrow or Monday so I am also wondering.

So I went for the test drive and I was not impressed.

Here is a letter that I sent to the company when they asked about my experience.....

Hello, yes I was contacted by one of your sales people in Calgary and she convinced me to drive up and take a Adventurer for a test drive. I have to say that I was more than a little disappointed after driving for 2.5 hours to look at the units that were being shown as "demo or sales" units. The sales person was right in that the unit was without squeaks and rattles but that is all that was impressive. I took a 23RB for a test drive, even though I went up initially to look at a 19RK, that was in part to the information provided by the sales person and in part at the recommendation of my son. I also wanted to take the 19RK out as well but after trying the 23RB I left the lot as fast as I could.

On looking at the 23 there were a number of little things that were not right like pealing and missing silicone around the base of the shower, part of the roof air falling down, items in the unit that looked like it was not cleaned after the last person returned it from renting that I was told would be looked after but when I went to try the electric system nothing was hooked up. So on a demo unit I was unable to try the furnace, air conditioner, lights or generator. I still decided to take it for a test drive and like I said before I was impressed with the lack of noise in the form of rattles and squeaks but when I was driving the unit I was unable to hear my son sitting at the table directly behind me. I thought that it seemed very noisy from the wind but it was not till I returned back to the lot did I see the cause of the noise. When the sales person opened the RV door a pile of black weather stripping, the kind that you would get from Home Depot or Rona, was pealing off the door. This foam insulation was used to try and quiet the wind noise and was stuffed around the door leading from the RV. I have had an RV long enough to know that something like this is not a repair but a make shift stop gap measure that should have been repaired correctly before the unit was ever put up for a test drive.

After seeing the issues I got off the lot as quick as possible without trying the 19. Buying a unit at the prices that are being asked and not getting any type of warranty with the issues that are present during the demo ride is not something that I want to get into.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for letting me know how it went. We are heading to Abbotsford next week to have a look at one.
Hope we have a better experience.
Anyone else?
Suggestions on an alternative 19 foot?

Are these Adventurers built in Abbotsford, BC? We have a 2004 20 foot one, a rental unit we bought in 2008. I think the builder was AMLR and the rental company Fraserway. I didn't realize they were still being made in 2013.