Airstream or Lance?

avoidcrowds wrote:
"Also, you say not to get input from owners of a brand of TT, but to get it from people who haven't owned one. So your saying I should listen to people like you that formed an opinion from a factory tour, and ignore owners who have owned one"

Oh, come on My Roadtrek, that's the new American way! Don't listen to people with experience in a subject, listen to people who have a superficial awareness of a subject, but haven't done in-depth research.

While a tour of a factory can be enlightening, I would venture to say that most people, if they watched their house being built, would be appalled and say it was shoddy workmanship. But, once all the nails are in, siding on, etc, the house is stable, and is pretty good. Granted, not as good as a custom home at a much higher rate for the labor, but it still is a good house. But, unless we buy a very-high-end custom trailer, most are built with about the same level of care and quality control.

To bash a brand that one has not owned is irresponsible. It is like people on this forum bashing a poster based on a few comments. We don't know the posters as individuals, so we really can't say if someone is good, bad, educated, ignorant, or just trying to incite a discussion. All posts should be viewed as someone's opinion, and taken with a grain of salt.

Buy whatever you like... I was a general contractor for years here in CA, built custom homes, did remodels, kitchens, bathrooms, custom cabinetry installs, etc. I would not spend my money on a Lance TT, as I don't see the quality justifying the premium price. YMMV. I could not find the added value in the construction process. I looked inside the cabinets, and saw staples, not glue and screws. Looked at how the valences were attached to the walls around windows. Looked at the bathroom door jambs and latches and how they engaged. When I was watching 2013's being built in Oct of 2012 on the production line, Lance STILL was not using LED's for lighting on the production line. Their radios and sound system, STILL were not taking SD cards for storage and playback of music, something even my old 2008 Honda CRV had as a feature in the infotainment center.

Outdated components at the time.

Yep, I'm an @sshole, and of course, I don't know what I am talking about. Whatever...