Tiffin or Fleetwood.

[TragedyTrousers]

Looking to buy a late model DP. Narrowed search down to a Tiffin Phaeton or Fleetwood Discovery. Pros and Cons for each?

[zb39]

I actually owned a tiffin zephyr for 6 years. I was NOT impressed. I won't go into the issues we had other than the roof leaked. Yes, I got Bob on the phone, yes he said bring it to Red Bay. Yes I paid the bill and it still leaked. Yes I keep all of my coaches inside when not being used. After 6 years of this we sold it whole sale for a huge loss. I would look at condition First on both coaches rather than who built it. Go with the one that is in the best shape now.

[KangaBunnyRoux]

Only problem is Tiffin just sold to Thor. They have a reputation for not really caring about quality. Tiffin truly was a cut above but the sons weren't running it as well as Dad, and he came back...fixed it...then sold. They really listened and you could literally call Bob Tiffin and talk to them. I would look for a pre 2010 Tiffin myself.

[Lee_RV]

stripit wrote:
Have now owned 2 Tiffin motorhomes, both were fantastic and have enjoyed the last one the most. Calling for questions is always answered correctly and quickly by Tiffin staff.. When I needed a part that too was handled well. When time comes to upgrade, I will look at what THOR did to Tiffin before making that decision.

If they're smart they wont touch it. Keep in mind Thor owns Airstream (and Entegra), so it can work. If I was CEO I'd simply use Thors volume to get better deals on chassis's and any other shared parts and leave Tiffin alone 100%.

I am pretty sure Thor buying Tiffin was directly because people dumped tons of money into their stock due to covid. Same as Winnebago buying Newmar, same thing.

[Blaster_Man]

Get the one with the floor plan you like with good maintenance records. Tiffin makes a luxury coach, but Phaeton is not it, same goes for Fleetwood and Discovery.

[stripit]

Have now owned 2 Tiffin motorhomes, both were fantastic and have enjoyed the last one the most. Calling for questions is always answered correctly and quickly by Tiffin staff.. When I needed a part that too was handled well. When time comes to upgrade, I will look at what THOR did to Tiffin before making that decision.

[phillyg]

Back when I was considering a diesel pusher in the $200-400,000 range, Tiffin was really the cream of the crop. That's not to say a $750,000 coach isn't better, but that wasn't in my price range.

[Bruce_Brown]

Any chance you'd add a 3rd option? :B

[gbopp]

Condition is more important than the make.

[Bird_Freak]

Tiffin hands down.

[rr2254545]

Not a contest Tiffin

[jorbill2or]

Late model discovery lx have a lot of value / items like aquahot etc at a more discounted price. The ones I’ve looked checked several of our boxes . Tiffin has the name and a better reputation for fixing what’s wrong in red bay ( and that’s good because you may use it)
personally I looked and like the hung wall and other construction factors of Newmar and Entegra better And personally rated them higher than Tiffin’s especially after seeing , in person the manufacture the of tiffin, Newmar and Entegra (we didn’t look at Fleetwood) it has been a few years ago when I was considering a newer coach. Newmar and Entegra were clean and organized and had my vote .. but that’s not what you asked ??

[Two_Hands]

Fleetwood is fine, but Tiffin is in a class of its own.

[jdc1]

The name "Fleetwood" says it all.