gmw photos wrote:
goducks10 wrote:
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x2. I guarantee that if you have 3 of the same model RVs on the same lot that all 3 will have different problems. Just because you look at one doesn't mean you have to buy it. Move on to the next. It just boggles my mind the stuff you see being built.
And what I have been saying all along is, a person may well look at all three of them, and walk away from all of them. And go home without a camper. And then, not go camping. Because you could not find a camper to meet the standards you may see as "minimum acceptable".
Which is fine if that is how you want to do it.
In my case, I bought a camper, brought it home, and literally spent less overall time "fixing the problems" than some on this internet forum have spent typing out complaints about the industry.
I'm camping and traveling right now. That is what's important to me, not whether the Indiana farm boys did a less than spectacular job screwing this thing together. Is this thing perfect ? Nope. Am I having fun ? Yep, beyond belief the level of fun here.
I never said to never buy anything. My point is why settle for an RV that has multiple visible defects? Why not look around to find one that's built better. There's a reason why when someone asks about brand X and what everyone thinks about them that you get mixed answers. Lots of those problems people list are clearly things that were overlooked before purchase. Some buyers say "we've only had a few problems" that they fix themselves and others have a page worth of stuff, of which 1/2 could've been eliminated had they moved on to another unit.
My point was to find the one with the least amount of issues.
