2017 Class A's

MM make a joke? Unheard of!

Mondooker wrote:
So what we're saying is if your coach looks good you're good to go. So it's the parks way to have a rule they can use to keep out the riff-raff right?

Yes. Just like most CG rules, they are rarely enforced, but exist as an easy way to remedy a "problem" if it occurs. If you have a beer in a state Park, they don't automatically throw you out. If you become a drunk obnoxious idiot, well the rule is there and can be enforced for you to be easily removed. Same with age limits. If you have a taseteful RV I wouldn't expect you'd have any issues. You bring in a rat infested rusted out heap, well the rule is there at their disposal to keep you out. As with most things on camping, common sense prevails.

I think MM was just trying to make a joke.

So what we're saying is if your coach looks good you're good to go. So it's the parks way to have a rule they can use to keep out the riff-raff right?

Mondooker wrote:
How many people who run the RV parks can tell an 8 year old coach from a 13 year old coach? And are they going to keep out a 15 year old Prevo or Newell?

You're correct. They do not know.

How many people who run the RV parks can tell an 8 year old coach from a 13 year old coach? And are they going to keep out a 15 year old Prevo or Newell?

Effy wrote:
Beating a dead horse, but despite "gearing up for production" and all that, I struggle how it makes any difference in what you call a unit. If it comes off the line in Apr 2016, I don't care what you call it, it's a 2016. Might be called "2017" design, which is still nonsense. Most 2017 designs were conceived in 2015. It's all marketing to get folks to buy the newest models. If they "geared up production" for a new model this year and called it a 2016 (which it is) they wouldn't sell as many. So, they lie. And to say it's not a lie defies any concept of space and time. If it isn't 2017, it isn't a 2017 model. And RV manufacturers are the worst. 2017 models coming out in in Jan of 2016 is either magical time-travelling or a generous dose of marketing hype. I get why they do it, it's still not accurate if you want to compare it to a calendar. Any calendar will do.

The only viable logic is that if they call them a model a year ahead so that they get a whole extra 12 months of sale time while they liquidate the previous model year's inventory. I think it has very little to do with gearing up for production. It has everything to do with advertising and avoiding a lull in sales.

The way I look at it Effy, is that it works well for the 10 yr. rule at RV parks! Why waste a year of being locked out of your favorite park?

The 2006 coaches built in 2005 are on thin ice. :p

MM.

About the Mustangs. If I'm correct the 64 1/2 cars had generators and the 65 model year started with alternators. There might be other giveaways, but if you can prove you have a 64 1/2 its worth a bit more than a run-of-the-mill 65 model. Doubt if that spills over into the RV business.

And RV manufacturers only use tactics if they work. Meaning we are that gullible.

Effy wrote:
Beating a dead horse, but despite "gearing up for production" and all that, I struggle how it makes any difference in what you call a unit. If it comes off the line in Apr 2016, I don't care what you call it, it's a 2016. Might be called "2017" design, which is still nonsense. Most 2017 designs were conceived in 2015. It's all marketing to get folks to buy the newest models. If they "geared up production" for a new model this year and called it a 2016 (which it is) they wouldn't sell as many. So, they lie. And to say it's not a lie defies any concept of space and time. If it isn't 2017, it isn't a 2017 model. And RV manufacturers are the worst. 2017 models coming out in in Jan of 2016 is either magical time-travelling or a generous dose of marketing hype. I get why they do it, it's still not accurate if you want to compare it to a calendar. Any calendar will do.

The only viable logic is that if they call them a model a year ahead so that they get a whole extra 12 months of sale time while they liquidate the previous model year's inventory. I think it has very little to do with gearing up for production. It has everything to do with advertising and avoiding a lull in sales.

EFFY, I am 60 years old. Until about 25 years ago, I can remember when they unveiled the NEXT model year and sold them in September. There used to be a BIG production from Ford/GM/Chrysler/Dodge. They SOLD 1972 cars in Sep. of 1971. Same for previous years and subsequent years. So, how is it a lie????? You can believe what you want, but I have been in the RV BUSINESS 45 years and this is a normal way that model years are done on some models. The way you keep arguing brings back memories from years ago trying to reason with customers that could NOT comprehend that because some NEW motorhomes had 700 to 1500 miles on them, they were BRAND NEW and NOT Demos. They could not believe they were driven and not transported to dealerships. Doug. See this about the Ford Mustang.



"1964



Since it was introduced five months before the normal start of the 1965 production year and manufactured alongside 1964 Ford Falcons and 1964 Mercury Comets, the earliest Mustangs are widely referred to as the 1964½ model. Even if they were 1965 models".

Beating a dead horse, but despite "gearing up for production" and all that, I struggle how it makes any difference in what you call a unit. If it comes off the line in Apr 2016, I don't care what you call it, it's a 2016. Might be called "2017" design, which is still nonsense. Most 2017 designs were conceived in 2015. It's all marketing to get folks to buy the newest models. If they "geared up production" for a new model this year and called it a 2016 (which it is) they wouldn't sell as many. So, they lie. And to say it's not a lie defies any concept of space and time. If it isn't 2017, it isn't a 2017 model. And RV manufacturers are the worst. 2017 models coming out in in Jan of 2016 is either magical time-travelling or a generous dose of marketing hype. I get why they do it, it's still not accurate if you want to compare it to a calendar. Any calendar will do.

The only viable logic is that if they call them a model a year ahead so that they get a whole extra 12 months of sale time while they liquidate the previous model year's inventory. I think it has very little to do with gearing up for production. It has everything to do with advertising and avoiding a lull in sales.

Which is why you need to look at build dates on tires when buying a new MH. The 2016's I've looked at in the Mid-South have tires with 2014 build dates. And I've been told that some times a chassis is delivered to a MH manufacturer and sits out in a parking lot for months while waiting its turn on the line. Some will buy tires earlier than they think they will have to if they look at build dates or have severe problems if they think the tires are the same age as the model year of MH.