My RV parts counter guy is awesome and has basically seen it all. I talk to him from time to time, and one time I was asking advice on what brand RV would be the best bang for the buck. He told me to stay far away from gulf stream. He told me the parts for winnebago's are 2-3x as much as parts for any other run of the mill RV. The example he gave me was a roof vent. A regular RV roof vent might be $20, where the special "winnebago only" part is $50. I would try and stick to fleetwood, any division of monaco, tiffin(the best). Actually, I would skip searching for any of the others and wait until a nice tiffin allegro comes your way. They are out of red bay, alabama and from what i've heard their product and service are second to none. I would look at more than two before you decide on one. I would look at about 10 before you decide to pull the trigger, just to get a very good idea of what's out there and what it all costs.