Where is quality?????
We winter in Florida. During the past two winters 7 people in the campground I stay at have bought new RV's. They were of various makes. All of them, All of them required service and repair in the fir...
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jmtandem wrote:We have sold Airstreams for 37 years both Motorhomes and Trailers. ALL sorts of problems.
Something like 70 percent of all Airstreams made since the mid 1930's are still on the road. Compare that to many standard box trailers that barely last the loan, if that long!!! Quality is often how long a product lasts not that it might need some maintenance along the way or fix a latch or microwave here and there. And if you sold Airstreams for 37 years the quality must not have been that bad or you would have dropped them a long time ago. The very fact that you sold them for almost four decades tells me they are a product worth selling and buyers are getting something of 'quality'.
MY point is, Airstreams can have all the quality problems other RV's can have. Just because they build a metal box that can be rebuilt numerous times does NOT mean they have unsurpassed quality. I do NOT see across the board Quality problems on most long term Manufacturers. The problems are from the upstarts that have started in the past 15 years. I would put Forest River at the top that DOES sell junk all across their product lines. We have attempted to sell various Motorized and Towable FR products over the years and dropped them because they are JUNK. AND, they are the darling of Berkshire/Hathaway. Doug
