Not the 855 model, but new Lances nevertheless.
On our recently finished road trip, stopped by a Lance dealer in Joplin, Missouri to take a first hand look at the 1172 Lances they advertised.
They had two on the showroom floor. While entirely impressed with the floorplan and layout of the campers, I was certainly NOT impressed with the quality control issues these had.
For instance, the rear couches had levers in the sides to extend the foot rests. They didn't all work.
While the pantry at the rear, side entrance is nice, the door and latch were not aligned properly and one could see problems in getting it to close correctly.
One of the two units had trim pieces along the sides of the slideout inside the camper already peeling off and hanging loose for half their length.
Folks, these were new, showroom units! I repeat, I was really not impressed.
The final clinker in the whole tour was when I climbed up the outside ladder to check roof arrangement. One model had slide toppers on both slides. I'm still trying to figure out how a new camper, with new slide toppers, ended up with huge stains in the middle of the slide topper material. It looked awful!
So again, on a whole, great floorplan and layout, but not impressed with quality.
Mind you, this may be more of a dealer problem also, as they're showing these units and should notice these things. If they let them go without attempting repair, well, that just does not say much for that dealer.
