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jmtandem
May 11, 2017Explorer II
I searched the Internet and that is the claim. You do realize that doesn't mean that 2/3 of the Airstreams built in the 30s are still on the road. It's probably more like 1 percent. There were many less produced in the 30s and almost 100 percent of those built in the last 10 years are probably still on the road, so over that 80+ years it averages out to about 2/3. But that doesn't mean that most Airstreams last 80 years, which was the implication of your second sentence.
My statement was exactly "two thirds of all Airstreams built since the 1930's are still on the road". Nowhere did I say two thirds or all Airstreams built in the 1930's are still on the road. And my quote is basically from Airstream. I did not make it up.
As far as my second half of the statement to the OP about "is that long enough for you?". There can be no conclusion made that I was referring to each Airstream lasting 80 years; two thirds of them lasting eighty years, or any other reference yearly marker. If you want to try to read into the statement something that was never there, that is your choice. It does imply without quantifying, however, two things: First Airstream has been around a long time, longer than any other RV manufacturer except one. And second, it implies that the product is sound, reliable, and will go the distance. What distance? that depends a lot on the owners care and maintenance.
You said you did not want an Airstream. That is why we have choices in RV's. There are not for everybody. For me, I always try to go for quality, it seems to serve me better. We are obviously different and come from different positions.
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