Price range of coaches and quality

J-Rooster wrote:
If I was going with a tag axle RV I would prefer Prevost or Marathon!

J, a Marathon is built 'in' a Prevost chassis as Millennium, Liberty Coach and other converters.

MM.

If I was going with a tag axle RV I would prefer Prevost or Marathon!

imgoin4it wrote:
I had a class A motor home manufacturers rep once tell me that when one purchases a high dollar coach most of the money buys more attention from personnel at the factory.

While that may be true in some cases, many higher end/higher dollar coaches are indeed built better. Coaches with a semi-monoque design are more sturdy, quieter, stiffer (less flexing), ride and handle better than those that are primarily bolted or screwed to some cross members welded to a chassis. Most of those higher end rigs are built on bus chassis or chassis that were specifically designed for the coach. My previous coach from one of the popular manufacturers had the side walls screwed to the floor with #8 self drilling sheet metal screws. That is much different than how many of the higher dollar coaches are built.

I will agree that many of the high dollar/higher end rigs we viewed had a bit too much fu fu for our tastes.

Dale.Traveling wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
fancy cr@p that makes their insides look like a French pleasure palace.
bumpy

Bumpy as always you point out the obivious than many may miss.

I still don't see the problem.... :h.

MM.

I had a class A motor home manufacturers rep once tell me that when one purchases a high dollar coach most of the money buys more attention from personnel at the factory.

Bumpyroad wrote:
fancy cr@p that makes their insides look like a French pleasure palace.
bumpy

Bumpy as always you point out the obivious than many may miss.

Well we certainly didn't even fit into your price range with our Fleetwood Expedition. But when we were looking at MH,s we also considered the Discovery. Still below your price range. What I wanted was the " slightly" bigger engine. But it was $30,000 more in cost.

What we would have got for that was window awnings, on demand hot water system, pull out generator, steering wheel audio controls, faux wood grain in dash, shiny porcelain floor tiles. My wife and I both hated the shiny tiles. We decided the extra cash wasn't worth the money. Now if it included a tag axle then it would be more attractive.

So comparing one manufacture to itself we didn't see enough of a change moving up one model to make it worth it. Now if going to a revolution then it might be a whole other story as cabinetry changes and many other things, tag axle , bigger engine, higher class accessories, dish washers, etc.

I think that it is a good question. I think a lot of the additional $300,000 is in fancy cr@p that makes their insides look like a French pleasure palace.
bumpy