RV industry death spiral...
I'm greatly looking forward to this series of articles over the next couple of weeks: http://rvdailyreport.com/opinion/opinion-the-rv-industry-death-spiral-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-370313 ...
Forum Discussion
Txsurfer wrote:
at what point did a "camper" turn into a condo on wheels? Expectations are high because the consumer wants to take his/her home with them and expect a vibrating / flexing mobile condo to be as solid / durable has a stick & brick home - well it's not and never will be. I would be willing to bet those that buy a low priced entry level trailer that is used for "camping" generally have a higher level of satisfaction than those buy a "glamping" rig.. just my take..fire away
So, you don't think that the mfrs should take all this into consideration when they design an RV? All RVs should leak or fall apart when driven or towed down the road? Gimme a break. You ever watch the wings on an airliner flex? That's mostly a metal structure out there that can flex +- 10-12 FEET, in some cases, and do it tens of thousands of times. You're saying that today's engineers can't design an RV that can withstand today's roads? Bull puckey. They =can=, and the mfrs =could= build them at a reasonable price, but they choose the cheap way out for higher margins because P.T. Barnum was right.
Lyle
