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IMO anytime you're paying $60-70,000 for a 25' TT you're buying some status. I get a kick out of the young couples I see towing a 16' Bambie with their BMW SUV. They just dropped $45,000 for that cramped, storage challenged TT for what? Sideways bed, small fridge, etc. But you can't put an Rpod behind that BMW. Reminds me of the Hardly guys with the ape hanger bars, small thin seat riding down the hwy. Anyone that has ridden any distance knows how uncomfortable he is. He may look cool to his own kind, but not the rest of the MC world. Kinda like AS trailers. $45,000 for a TT that you have no room in and just do weekend trips with cause its too small to do anything longer just doesn't make much sense to me. So I guess I just don't get it.

jmtandem wrote:

Contrary to popular belief there is no such thing as an RV status symbol.

Tell that to the movie stars, successful athletes, musicians, some traveling gospel singers, folks with affulence and anybody else affording a $600,000+ motorhome. It is all about status as all provide way more amenities than the basic needs to camp. Start your research with Prevost motorhomes and you will soon change your mind. Airstream is THE travel trailer status symbol. Additionally, it is THE recognized icon often associated with RV travel and camping.

I don't have any idea why Airstream would be considered a status symbol. Everyone has different likes and dislikes... the same could be stated for motorcycles. Some people believe Harley Davidson is a status symbol, personally I hate them and think an MV Augusta is a lot nicer.. my opinion matters no different then the opinion of someone who loves Harley Davidson.

Personally, I hate Airstreams. I don't like the look, the cost, or the retro interior. I find them dark and gloomy inside. My friend has an Airstream for his family, and loves it. I have an R-vision and love it. Neither of us would trade for the other's trailer, and that is okay...

Travel trailer status symbol *laughing*

Terryallan wrote:

Picture of your airstream????

Sure....

Kennedy... we bought this 40 year old 23' Airstream 12 years ago for $6,000. Towed it everywhere. Market value now is 8 to 9K. Just tell your wife how much money you will "make" by buying an Airstream.

Check out the happy folks at Airforums.com

dadmomh wrote:
So, IIRC, the original post had to do with trading again. First thing I would say is that y'all are taking a beating on the dollars doing this so often.

Why do you want to change and why does she love it? Maybe you need to sit down and list separately the things you each like/dislike about this one and maybe a second list of what your "ideal" trailer would have. Seems like there is a lack of communication here. Consider the kind of camping/traveling you do, how many people, other things that could effect a choice. Are you also having to change tow vehicles? What is your current tow vehicle and would you have to change to find what you like or do you really prefer a MH? Strongly suggest neither of you budge on this until you can come to an agreement ahead of time on your wants and needs.

My cousin and his DW started maybe 10 years ago with something like a 27' Outback. Pretty soon he felt the urge to move up to a Class A. Almost before it needed to be washed, he felt the need to move to a different Class A. I believe they're on #4 now and seeing it, you'd expect a country singer to step out. It's gorgeous! But his DW is miserable with it, they truly cannot get into virtually any "campgrounds" and end up at a KOA or similar. The campgrounds that have sites plenty long enough are either on a little narrow road with overhanging trees that they can't clear or the campground itself doesn't have room to navigate the road to get to the site. They take it out maybe 3 or 4 times a year. They don't "camp", which was their original objective....they use it to get from Point A to Point B and it's their living space while they're there. But with their group, they have the biggest and the best. Certainly not saying this applies in your case, but my dear cousin has issues and having something new and different makes him happy for a very short time and then it's time to move on. Just think you need some communication on what you really want and your objective and go from there. Good luck and happy camping.

I think it boils down to expense. I have to admit that I am always looking for something different and AS is something that it calls my attention. We did owned a Motor home before and she did not like it. Why? Well she seen it as a money pit tires, this and that and so on everything was money. I still like the motorhomes. Well like they say happy wife happy life , maybe for her as for me maybe some day I will buy an AS before I pass on.

There is a big difference between showing off your tour bus to the Hollywood elite and pulling a big rig into and RV park.

Many of the people who I meet at the RV parks are just normal folks, regardless of the size of their rig. Sure we all can appreciate a fine cars, big homes, fine craftsmanship, and luxury RVs but most of us really do not have a need for such things. We purchase a TT that fits our needs.

I was parked out west next to a Motor Coach that dwarfed my TT; the guy and his wife were fellow Hoosiers that had gone almost full time and had just returned from several months in Alaska. If I were going full time on extended expeditions I suppose I would have such a rig also.

Being proud of what you have accomplished is a good thing but status only counts if you are among people care about such things. I have a friend who is a wine connoisseur; I told him that we did not mind at he was a wine snob, as long as he did not mind that the rest of us would ignore him and drink what we like. :W He got a chuckle out of that.

Of all of the ways to make your mark on the world, pulling a high dollar RV into a campground to wow and bedazzle your fellow campers, is pretty far down the list. :B

gbopp wrote:

kennyd63 wrote:
She claims that she loves our current T.T.

End of debate. ;)

You are right, end of debate. Wife is always right. No matter what I point out to her about the AS she feels that is not worth the expense. And some one else asked how often we go camping? We go to other states like 2 or 3 times max per season. Because we have another T.T. which is a P/T up in Michigan we go up there 98.9% of the entire season. And is only her and I 3 Yorkshires, and a Labradoodle. End of story maybe some day I be able to own one maybe not.
Thank you all for your input in this topic.

Kennedy >>>

I guess I've always thought that a "trailer status symbol" was a sort of busty blonde in cutoff shorts draped over the Camaro parked in the driveway, slathering it with suds and whatnot. Especially whatnot.

You might be right! All the Airstreamers might be wrong. Good eye.

jmtandem wrote:

Trying to wrap my head around the phrase "trailer status symbol"-?

Keep trying......you will get there! If you need any assistance in 'seeing it' head over to the Airstreams forums, or to the Alumapalooza annual owners rally gathtering of those that 'get it' at Jackson Center at the factory. Hang with those for a while and it will come to you, too. Whether you agree with it might be a secondary issue, but I guarantee you will 'get it' around those folks. For so many of the owners there is no other travel trailer they would own.

Oh. I see. Sorry!

I guess I've always thought that a "trailer status symbol" was a sort of busty blonde in cutoff shorts draped over the Camaro parked in the driveway, slathering it with suds and whatnot. Especially whatnot. :B

I can tell you but I charge $145/hr. You can consult a therapist or this forum, take your pick. And it's known as Trailer Trash!

Trying to wrap my head around the phrase "trailer status symbol"-?

Keep trying......you will get there! If you need any assistance in 'seeing it' head over to the Airstreams forums, or to the Alumapalooza annual owners rally gathtering of those that 'get it' at Jackson Center at the factory. Hang with those for a while and it will come to you, too. Whether you agree with it might be a secondary issue, but I guarantee you will 'get it' around those folks. For so many of the owners there is no other travel trailer they would own.