Airstream or Lance?
Greetings, Everyone! This is my very first post. I own a 2014 Toyota 4Runner that can tow 5,000 lbs. max. I want to buy a new Airstream 22-foot Sport or a Lance 23-foot 1985. Both weight about 3,8...
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My Roadtrek wrote:
Obviously you haven't seen the new Lance TT's
They have 15,000 BTU AC's, , you can get them with no decals if that's what you want, and I won't comment on the rest of your bs.
And I don't need to insult your intellegent, you do a good job of that by yourself.
Time to get out of the time warp your living in.
I think your just a Troll, and I will not waste any more of my time on you.
I decided it was far better for me to put my money in a nice very limited part time tow vehicle that I'd use every day, in the form of a VW Touareg AWD Sport TDI SUV, and use occasionally for towing, that still gets about 33 MPG most of the time I drive it, and still gets 17 to 19 mpg towing my 21 foot throw away travel trailer. Hence, I didn't ever find or see the added perceived value in the Lance version, versus an Eclipse, built in Riverside, or a Fun Finder X, though I did consider and almost bought a Jayco rear model pushout.
My consideration was the cost of living here in So Cal makes the cost of labor prohibitive in the TT market, compared to the cost of living of cheap labor in the Midwest, and then still having to add in the trucking charges from most of the RV industries in IN to the west coast. Even with no shipping charges and Lance being local to me, they were not a value added proposition, not when I was retired and could go pick a new TT up in the Midwest on a vacation trip and about $800 in diesel round trip, and save about $4000 on the shipping bill. So picking it up myself, a $21,000 list TT that was selling for $18.8k locally, at a blow out year end sale, ended up being $13,300 out the door, FOB Indiana.
In my opinion, Lance is riding on their name and coat tails from their camper days, but it does not translate into their Travel Trailer line.
YMMV, perhaps I am blind and don't know what I am talking about, or perhaps I have a quality perception problem. I failed to see the Value Added in a Lance TT. Not for what they are asking. Is a Nash or an Artic Fox built better too? I can't say I've seen their production line.
