Who's Looking Out for Our Interests?
As a group of people that have a single interest at heart (RV's and all that goes with that term) It seems to me that we are terribly under-represented in the halls of government and with almost no cl...
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The RV manufacturers need to get their act together and greatly improve the quality of their products.
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Why would they? A manufacturer has little or no incentive to improve its product if the current product sales are meeting their targets. IOW, if uninformed buyers are willing and eager to buy whatever rolls off the line, however poorly designed, engineered, and constructed it may be, a manufacturer will continue to pump out junk.
There are manufacturers of each type of RV who produce units of good to very good overall quality who stand behind their products, but these are not necessarily going to be found by reading an ad-driven magazine or relying on a dealer or salesperson (who may know even less about the product than the buyer!) to do the vetting process. The best protection against ending up with a POS is to do the homework *yourself*. Educating oneself can involve a long learning curve; the process takes time, effort, and doing one's "due diligence" to avoid being snookered.
Over a lot of years, I've encountered *many* mistakes made by naive buyers who didn't take the time to learn what makes a "quality" RV; they took little or no time to figure out the best RV type fit for their personal travel/camping style, they understood little or nothing about construction materials or methods, weights were just meaningless numbers, they assumed that the dealer/salesperson would give them the real scoop, and they focused on the "shiny bits" while remaining oblivious to the "warts".
No RV is perfect, but some manufacturers do a better job than others in building a unit that isn't a "burner downer" from the get-go, and these same manufacturers (usually) focus on customer service and stand behind the product after it's sold. Protecting oneself and getting the best deal all around is not up to "the government", nor the manufacturer, nor the dealer; the onus is on the *buyer*. Nothing is guaranteed, but doing one's homework before buying can save a lot of time, money, and aggravations down the line. :)
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Why would they? A manufacturer has little or no incentive to improve its product if the current product sales are meeting their targets. IOW, if uninformed buyers are willing and eager to buy whatever rolls off the line, however poorly designed, engineered, and constructed it may be, a manufacturer will continue to pump out junk.
There are manufacturers of each type of RV who produce units of good to very good overall quality who stand behind their products, but these are not necessarily going to be found by reading an ad-driven magazine or relying on a dealer or salesperson (who may know even less about the product than the buyer!) to do the vetting process. The best protection against ending up with a POS is to do the homework *yourself*. Educating oneself can involve a long learning curve; the process takes time, effort, and doing one's "due diligence" to avoid being snookered.
Over a lot of years, I've encountered *many* mistakes made by naive buyers who didn't take the time to learn what makes a "quality" RV; they took little or no time to figure out the best RV type fit for their personal travel/camping style, they understood little or nothing about construction materials or methods, weights were just meaningless numbers, they assumed that the dealer/salesperson would give them the real scoop, and they focused on the "shiny bits" while remaining oblivious to the "warts".
No RV is perfect, but some manufacturers do a better job than others in building a unit that isn't a "burner downer" from the get-go, and these same manufacturers (usually) focus on customer service and stand behind the product after it's sold. Protecting oneself and getting the best deal all around is not up to "the government", nor the manufacturer, nor the dealer; the onus is on the *buyer*. Nothing is guaranteed, but doing one's homework before buying can save a lot of time, money, and aggravations down the line. :)
