WAFlowers wrote:
gafidler wrote:
coaches before 2009 seem to be build better than the newer ones..
The story I was told is that prior to 2009/2010 the demand was high and builders were competing on quality and features, not so much on price. Then everything went bad; RV companies were going bankrupt right and left. To sell anything manufacturers suddenly had to compete on price. To do that they had to reduce cost, which reduced quality. It has been that way until recently when sales heated up again.
Or so I was told. Probably just a story to get me to buy well cared for 2008.
I think the story is right on and survival or an attempt at survival during those recession years, was for whatever it took. Couple all that with extras in emission control requirements and the cost aquistion gets even tighter.
I truly believe we got one of the last all around bargains, being old school built and having the last of the slobber tubes for an engine. We keep looking at older coaches in the same price range and even for more worth, but have yet to find one that impresses us enough to say, we could've, should've.
