Purchase Dilemma: Forest River vs Nexus
Ok, my wife and I are ready to purchase our first RV. My sister and brother and law have been RVing for 20 years or so and full time for over five years, so I've gotten some insight from them. Beyon...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
I totally agree with the "wife's" choice. And if you let her pick the colors, etc. she'll take ownership of the camper. You'll take care of the maintenance, she'll take care of everything else. If she's happy ... you will be too. Let her pick, even if it doesn't make sense to you. When issues with the camper arise, deal with them then. Logistics will work themselves out. They always do.
I read carefully and I try to read between the lines when folks make posts on these forums. If my hunch is correct, I think YOU are leaning more toward the Nexus. Sometimes, you have to just throw all logic to the wind, and get what makes the wife happy too.
I am truly torn. It will certainly be "easier" to by the Forest River through the local (2 hours for me is local) dealer, and at least to the naked eye, I thought their coaches looked very good in terms of fit and finish compared to some other brands I went through over at Camping World.
Now, when talking about quality control and such. When we looked at the Sprinter versions of the floor plan we like, both that the dealer had on the lot had the entry door so bound that he had to go through the cab and force them open from the inside. Something he said could be addressed (and I wouldn't be buying either of those), but it's not nice to see two coaches with the same problem.
One other thing is that while in my original post I said that they were all comparable price, I thought about that and realize that isn't true. Sprinter Forest River and Nexus are about the same price, but since the Ford version costs less and the dealers discount them more than the Sprinter model, I believe that the Forest River will be $15,000 give or take less than the Nexus.
One thing I can't figure out on the Forest River is how their roof and side walls connect. Nexus touts their roof overlapping the side walls by 6" or so. The cut away diagram of Forest River almost looks like they just mate up to the sidewalls and then they put a cap on to cover the seem where the roof/sidewall come together.
I have to say that leaking is probably my number one concern and something I don't want to deal with.
