Asheville RV show

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Went yesterday and had an enjoyable few hours poking around. We did not find a single one that we would trade ours for, so that was a good thing.
Some things we noticed:
Lots of solid stairs instead of steps.
Lighter colored interiors.
Really bad imitations of solid surface countertops.
More real solid surface countertops.
Lack of roof vents in living areas of base units.
Lots of vinyl wrapped cabinet frames, even in so called higher end units.
Fireplaces. Still don’t get the appeal of an electric fireplace.
Two or more televisions
Still using Jensen stereo equipment. Still sounded terrible.
More Furrion electronics.
Goodyear Endurance tires as standard.
Blue LED lighting all over, inside and out
Pull down shades instead of mini blinds and curtains.
I would guesstimate that at least 95% had at least one slide.

All in all, a fun outing and the weather was nice.
If there’s one near you, you oughta go.

mfl · Answer

The thing that jumps out, is the use of higher quality tires, from manufacturer. This was brought up in a different thread, and something I have noticed. Mine came with quality tires OEM, and they have served me well for going on 6 yrs. Lots of folks are moving to the new GYs...time will tell!

Ya gotta watch out...those shows can get expensive, though you sound satisfied for now.

Jerry

rbpru · Answer

At our last RV show GY tires were touted where whenever they are used. I also was not impressed by the imitation fire place heaters. Of course I am not impressed buy gas logs in home fire places either.

I had an interesting talk with one of the dealers. He knew I was not buying so we chatted about slides and mods. From the dealers perspective, if you modify your TT or you buy a TT without a slide; you have better plan on keeping it for a long time.

Dealer want to turn over their new and used inventory and currently buyer want slides and like new conditions.

atlee · Answer

And that's what I plan to do with my Jayco 23RB. 27' long, no slide, and has a sofa and dinette. That all the room we need.

We too went to the RV show in Richmond, VA. I saw nothing I'd trade my current TT for.

I have noticed one thing though. The Richmond show has seemed to have gone down hill a lot in the past few years, and this year is especially so. There used to be a bunch of different dealers at the show, but last year saw both a big consolidation, Camping World bought 3 large independent dealers in 2017, and another supersized type dealer moved in last year, General RV Center.

In fact given the general down turn in the Richmond show, and my lack of interest in a new RV, I may just skip next year's show altogether.

rbpru wrote:
At our last RV show GY tires were touted where whenever they are used. I also was not impressed by the imitation fire place heaters. Of course I am not impressed buy gas logs in home fire places either.

I had an interesting talk with one of the dealers. He knew I was not buying so we chatted about slides and mods. From the dealers perspective, if you modify your TT or you buy a TT without a slide; you have better plan on keeping it for a long time.

Dealer want to turn over their new and used inventory and currently buyer want slides and like new conditions.

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