Calling All RV Manufactures!

[isellsunshine]

How about we *don't* put the sensitive electrical equipment immediately under the plumbing for the toilet? /s

I'm in awe that this is a thing we have to deal with in today's world.

#findanotherplace

[Atlee]

It's obvious that some of them probably use RV's. However, way too many RV's are designed that make no sense, and wouldn't be designed that way if they actually had to use them on a long term basis.

By the way, most auto designers/engineers use vehicles. Yet how many are designed in such a way that it takes hours of labor and trained technicians to do simple stuff. Take head lights for example. It used to be a simple task to unscrew the cover, pop out the old head lamp, and insert another. Now, some disassembly of the front end is needed to accomplish this.

Us out West wrote:

downtheroad wrote:
They design them and build them....but have never actually used one to camp in.

That's a 'blanket' statement. You know that for sure or just trying to be funny?

Reason I ask is because I know a few people in the business at that level and they are also campers.

[Us_out_West]

downtheroad wrote:
They design them and build them....but have never actually used one to camp in.

That's a 'blanket' statement. You know that for sure or just trying to be funny?

Reason I ask is because I know a few people in the business at that level and they are also campers.

[N7SJN]

Just a thought, are buyers more willing to pay to have things fixed than those of us who are 70+ and were brought up learning to fix things ourselves?

[fj12ryder]

laknox wrote:

DOH! :S

RV biz is, today, much, MUCH worse than the auto biz, though.

Lyle

Oh, I don't know. Remember the Edsel, the Vega, the Pinto, the X-cars, the K-cars, the Cadillac Cimarron(a rebadged Chevy Cavalier), the Studebaker Lark, the GM 350 diesel engine cars, and almost any 70's Chevy truck that came with pre-rusted cab corners and fender wells I believe. 🙂 The American car industry as a whole was pathetic where quality was concerned.

[minnow]

downtheroad wrote:
They design them and build them....but have never actually used one to camp in.

No truer words have ever been written !!

[DKRITTER]

If the first question we ask as consumers is "how much is it" we are bound to the get them out the door cheap method they use today.

[laknox]

fj12ryder wrote:

laknox wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
It's "glitz" not "glitch". "Dazzled by the glitz".

Maybe the pun was intended... :B

Methinks the RV industry =lives= by the old saying, "if you can dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh!t."

Lyle

It certainly could be intended, but wrong word usage to me is like fingernails on a blackboard, and mis-quotes affect me the same way. 🙂 The original saying was "if you can't dazzle...". 🙂 And the auto industry has been doing it for uncounted years.

DOH! :S

RV biz is, today, much, MUCH worse than the auto biz, though.

Lyle

[fj12ryder]

laknox wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
It's "glitz" not "glitch". "Dazzled by the glitz".

Maybe the pun was intended... :B

Methinks the RV industry =lives= by the old saying, "if you can dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh!t."

Lyle

It certainly could be intended, but wrong word usage to me is like fingernails on a blackboard, and mis-quotes affect me the same way. 🙂 The original saying was "if you can't dazzle...". 🙂 And the auto industry has been doing it for uncounted years.

[laknox]

fj12ryder wrote:
It's "glitz" not "glitch". "Dazzled by the glitz".

Maybe the pun was intended... :B

Methinks the RV industry =lives= by the old saying, "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh!t."

Lyle

[fj12ryder]

I consider glitz all the neon lighting they put on them, like under the awning, under the 5th wheel itself, on the nose, and those stupid televisions that rise out of a cabinet. Just silly when they could spend the money on things that actually matter.

[colliehauler]

fj12ryder wrote:
I think "television viewing angle" would fall under the heading of just more "glitz". 🙂

I would put it under poor design. Glitz would be the useless cabnet they put around it.:R

[timmac]

Ava wrote:
Makes me appreciate my 94 Bounder DP more as I have had no problem accessing any of the systems so far.

X2, my 08 gas Bounder has great access to all systems and no electric components near possible water leaks as well.

[Ava]

Makes me appreciate my 94 Bounder DP more as I have had no problem accessing any of the systems so far.

[jjj]

When my converter died I found it mounted on the underside of the bathroom floor under the toilet. Go figure. I remounted it on the front compartment floor next to the breaker panel.