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- Everyone is having knee jerk reactions to this, including me, but because I have a horse in this race..I went a bit further..The President of Entegra (Tadd Jenkins) is speaking or in correspondence with all Entegra Coach owners. This is going to be an independent freestanding entity which has Thor as a parent. Now no one can predict the future years from now, but for now, NOTHING IS CHANGING...no coaches, no warranty and more importantly NOT CUSTOMER SUPPORT nor any personnel including upper management (Bontrager included)....I believe Thor is going to use the Entegra flag as their upper echelon to break into the luxury market..Only time will tell but for now Entegra will stay as it is..and I have one with the up to date and proven old standards plus my 2 year warranty. The fact Tadd Jenkins took the time to actively reassure me and gave me his cell number tells me the dedication that current management has and that although there is a parent, things will stay the same as long as Entegra has sales, and they do...
Not sure how Jayco could cut costs any further unless they just throw all the parts in the box and ship it.
Now that's funny. :B
On the serious note, Thor buying Jayco is really bad new for the RV consumers. No need for any of the few competitors that were just one step above to improve their upon their quality any further. :(az99 wrote:
icanon wrote:
Not sure how Jayco could cut costs any further unless they just throw all the parts in the box and ship it.az99 wrote:
Jayco's lack of quality will be a perfect fit within Thor.
Lol's
Thor got to get their investment money back so they'll have to make some costing cutting efforts that unusually includes quality.
Jayco has the only 2 yr. warranty. Because you will need it.
Amen to that. Our first Jayco was a 2008 Jay Flight. It was a nice, fairly well built trailer. We then went with a 2013 Eagle. WOW, it was junk. We suffer through the garbage build quality, which was compounded by a dealer who did things like dealing with carpet wrinkles by stapling them down, and screwing up everything else they tried to repair. Now that Thor is in the picture, I can only imagine how well these thing will be tossed together.
I predict that it's only a matter of months until the two year warranty is reduced to one. There will be a press release with weasel language along the lines of......... "bringing warranty service in line with industry standards, to improve the customer experience" LOLcrasster wrote:
I've never seen much difference between the brands honestly.
Our TT is a Thor, we have friends who own Jaycos; I'm thinking you might what to look a little harder. :Bbdpreece wrote:
Wow! Thor now owns Entegra. I don't care if they say they are independent or not just as I was considering a Cornerstone they pull the plug. Guess it pays to procrastinate. Not going to happen now!
I'll say.
This is NOT good news for the RV consumer.
I always put Entegra on the list of brands I'd consider, that list, sadly, just got shorter.- I've never seen much difference between the brands honestly.
icanon wrote:
Not sure how Jayco could cut costs any further unless they just throw all the parts in the box and ship it.az99 wrote:
Jayco's lack of quality will be a perfect fit within Thor.
Lol's
Thor got to get their investment money back so they'll have to make some costing cutting efforts that unusually includes quality.
Jayco has the only 2 yr. warranty. Because you will need it.az99 wrote:
Jayco's lack of quality will be a perfect fit within Thor.
Had a snort over that one...az99 wrote:
Jayco's lack of quality will be a perfect fit within Thor.
Lol's
Thor got to get their investment money back so they'll have to make some costing cutting efforts that unusually includes quality.- Jayco's lack of quality will be a perfect fit within Thor.
