Buyer's Guide for RV's?

Veebyes wrote:
JNO but the importance of a good dealer, should I say service center, is inversely proportional to your own ability to fix things.

Experience so far has shown that most things are easy to fix. Not much that has gone wrong so far has not been dealt with right in a CG.

just...wow.

JNO but the importance of a good dealer, should I say service center, is inversely proportional to your own ability to fix things.

Experience so far has shown that most things are easy to fix. Not much that has gone wrong so far has not been dealt with right in a CG.

Duster340 pretty much nailed it. The RV industry as a whole is, for the most part, putting out junk. Instead put your research into the dealership. Once you find the RV you want find a dealer and research them. Don't be lured in by a nationwide network of dealers, research the individual one that has your unit. Forums, state AGO's, state BBB's are good sources, as is this web site. Actually if you have a 20 year old RV that works, stick with it. Or if you can't find a local dealer, be handy with a tool kit.

I saw this site (RV Reviews). Before I bought their book, I thought I'd see if there were any other alternatives, since I'd never heard of them before.

Thanks for the info.

This company has been around a long time, I have never used them. clicky

I don't know of an all encompassing publication (consumer reports), but I suspect you know more than most buyers. As far putting all the pieces together to make a unit, the better ones 5-10 years ago may not be so good today. I suspect that's why you don't see reviews due to build quality over the long haul. Motorhomes will have much of the same fixtures, construction, appliances, utilities and conveniences you're accustom to. They are an assembly of those same TT manufacturer's products, just jumbled in different locations. I wish there was a short cut, but internet opinions can be so misleading, almost confrontational.