BoxinTheCompass wrote:
Mocoondo didn't you work for cruise America at some time back? Any insight on CA maintenance?
43 years in business renting motorhomes, hundreds of thousands of coaches sold. I think that pretty much speaks for itself, doesn't it?
As to maintenance, all vehicles follow a standard manufacturer maintenance schedule for commercial vehicles. Items within the house are repaired or replaced when they break. Upon retirement, the rental vehicle receives a thorough (and quite impressive) refurbishment such that when the vehicle is ready for sale, it barely resembles the rental unit that it once was. Are they keeping track of shower heads and toilet seats that get replaced? I have no earthly idea. If a toilet seat needs replaced, we replace the toilet seat and throw the old one away. In my fleet, I do not personally keep track of parts thrown in the dumpster. I don't understand how that would be any sort of a reliable metric on the overall quality of the maintenance program. Either the toilet seat is a good toilet seat or a bad toilet seat. And for that matter, why would I keep track of every time I replace a toilet seat in a rental vehicle if it is just going to get replaced during pre-sale refurbishment anyway?
The bottom line is this: Any time you are contemplating the purchase of ANY used RV, do a thorough pre-purchase inspection. Make sure everything in the house works and is serviceable. Make sure the chassis is sound. Make sure the roof is good. But don't fixate on the toilet seats that were previously thrown away. That is all red-herring information that might make you feel good, but has no bearing whatsoever on the CURRENT condition of the coach.
