rgatijnet1 wrote:
The only problem is the people that bought a Tiffin thinks that is the best. People that bought a Monaco think that is the best. Obviously anyone that bought an RV thinks what they bought is the best for the money they spent and very few will admit to being idiots and making a bad choice. Unless you find someone on this forum that has owned many different coaches, and can be totally objective in their ranking, then you are just getting opinions from people that have never owned certain makes or are just giving a biased opinion of what they did buy.
Your best way is to try to search through old reviews online about certain coaches you may be interested in. That way you usually can get an unbiased report about the different models.
True.
We've owned an Itasca (good unit) a Fleetwood (just terrible - but that was the old Fleetwood. By most accounts they're a bunch better than before) and (3) Newmars now - those have been wonderful.
My parents owned a Tiffin - I worked on that more than our (3) Newmars combined. One of the repairs was to fix a factory repair that didn't last all the home from the factory. :S Quality is NOT a word I would use to describe that one - not by any stretch.
Other friends of ours owned Winnies, Monacos, and an Allegro Bus. The Bus was so bad they finally gave up on it and are back driving a Winnie. They've always had excellent service out of their Winnies, and their Monacos were always decent too.
My personal ownership bias says we'd buy another Newmar without any hesitation.
My "I'm sick of working on them" bias says I wouldn't take a Tiffin on a bet. Yet look at all the happy Tiffin owners here. No doubt they have a reputation for excellent factory service - and it seems most owners know it. :W The factory service my parents had was far from excellent.
The strange thing is if you asked Mom today she'd say it was an excellent trouble free unit. If you're not the one turning the wrenches you don't always remember the whole story.
