Any Winnebago factory workers lurking?

avanti wrote:
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.

Thanks for the pointer to the Airstream forums. Yep, a lot of the same concerns there as here. At least I paid $40,000 less for my Class B. I think several commentators over there share my sentiments--as long as RV consumers continue to allow RV manufacturers to get away with poor quality, RV manufacturers will keep providing poor quality RVs! Cheers, Mike