Ramsey,Jack wrote:
Is the Dutch Star made with less quality materials than the upper end Newmars or is it just does not have as fancy wood work and such?
They are built the same...same production line .same quality...but like the leather furniture is of better quality as you move up the line, the appliances are better quality as you move up the line....and on it goes thru out each line of coach they make...more and different options become std as you move up the line...ie:MADP has HWH jacks to level..the Essex has HWH jacks to level, BUT IT ALSO HAS AIR LEVELING AS STD,also with the jacks.....
we had a 99 DSDP and a 2004 MADP.....both were great coaches...drove them a combined 170,000 miles with very little problem...Newmar has ...in MHO...a great Quality Control Dept...we went to buy a 2012 MADP ,but my DW saw and liked the coach we now have parked next to the MADP.....the rest is history..and I won't take your time to say how disappointed we were with our choice, but to say in the first 6 months and 6,000 miles, we spent 5 days at their factory service ctr ...as they put 140 man hours putting the thing in usable form......
The next one , will be a probably be a NEWMAR again...Chuck