Rambler Admiral vs Coachmen Mirada -- Advice
Looking for a Class A Bunkhouse... Provided the price, condition, mileage, and layout were roughly equal, if you were given the following choice, which would you take: 2007 Holiday Rambler Admir...
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lordnorth wrote:
Okay... HR by a long shot.
Now.... Why HR?
(No offense.. but please give me something other than "its a better Motorhome" if you would.)
I'm not saying that I don't agree with you... I am asking what, in your opinion, makes the HR a better choice.
If it is really a Holiday Rambler, the construction is radically different (framed walls vs sandwich panels) from most mass production motorhomes. If the Holiday Rambler is a R-Vision rebadged as H-R, then it is not that different, so I might be rather looking for something from Newmar, or a Winnebago, which at least interlocks the floor, wall, and roof panels instead of just screwing the side of one piece into the edge of the other.
But most RV buyers know nothing about construction, so the manufacturers do better by selling glitz, putting more features inside the more cheaply constructed box.
The fact that the Admiral is on 22.5 wheels and the Mirada is not, suggests that the Mirada is built on a lighter capacity (lower GVWR) chassis. Empty, it might be nearly overloaded. Mirada was positioned as Coachmen's entry level model, built light to keep cost, and thus price down. While the Admiral was H-Rs entry level in most model years, the Admiral did not compete at the Mirada/Hurricane/TrailLite level. For that matter, neither did Newmar, Tiffin, or Winnebago.
