Any Winnebago factory workers lurking?
I just had an interesting dialogue with one of my blog followers (era70x.com) concerning their recently ordered 2016 Winnebago ERA 70X. You can read it in the comments at: http://era70x.com/2015/07...
Forum Discussion
I hate to say it, but we DO need to keep in mind what industry we are talking about. In the RV world, you certainly pay for what you get, but you don't necessarily get what you pay for. The poster child for this is Airstream. Our last rig was a 2005 Interstate. There was a lot to like about it, but the initial build quality was frankly a disgrace. I won't bore you with the specifics, but a lot of them were beyond ridiculous. If this thread:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f240/airstream-quality-control-137852.html
and many others like it over at the Airstream Forum is any evidence, things have only gotten worse in the intervening years. It took about 10 minutes at Hershey for us to cross Airstream off of our list. I mention them in particular only because you pay maybe a 30% premium for the Airstream name compared to the competition. As far as I can see, you get NOTHING for that premium beyond the name. I wasn't blown away by Winnebago at Hershey, either. But compared to Airstream, they seemed like a class act.
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f240/airstream-quality-control-137852.html
and many others like it over at the Airstream Forum is any evidence, things have only gotten worse in the intervening years. It took about 10 minutes at Hershey for us to cross Airstream off of our list. I mention them in particular only because you pay maybe a 30% premium for the Airstream name compared to the competition. As far as I can see, you get NOTHING for that premium beyond the name. I wasn't blown away by Winnebago at Hershey, either. But compared to Airstream, they seemed like a class act.
