myredracer wrote:
But why is it the US RV manufacturers turn out such substandard products?
Lack of competition. Keystone, Thor, and Forest River own everything, and they seem to all be on the same page: Lowest price possible, and quality be damned. Most people use their RVs a half dozen times a season if that. They aren't going to shell out twice as much for a Grand Design, or 5x as much for an Airstream, just so it can sit in their back yard 90% of the time. They're going to buy the cheapest thing they can get.