RV Engineering and Construction
I spent this afternoon repairing a canned-food storage drawer on our toy hauler. It was obviously loose and not sliding correctly. Yet again, I discovered the poor engineering and construction of RV...
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I hope you are not blaming the Japanese for something that our RV manufacturers are doing wrong.
Now, if you're asking how come the Japanese don't enter the large Class A market, the answer is simply that there's not enough profit in it for them. Either the market is too small, OR the cost of manufacturing is too high. IMO the Japanese way to manufacture vehicles is to use robotics. And, the methods that you are forced to use in the making of large motorhomes (given the low sales numbers), pretty much dictates that we are stuck with what we have.
All I would ask is that the manufacturers give us our money's worth. But, I have to say, my own experience with not getting my money's worth happened back in 2003. What happened since then is that Newmar improved the quality of their product, but the price of their products went up significantly (to pay for the higher quality, I'm sure).
Does anyone here have any ownership experience with Newmar Dutch Star models in the last 10 years? Did you get your money's worth?
Now, if you're asking how come the Japanese don't enter the large Class A market, the answer is simply that there's not enough profit in it for them. Either the market is too small, OR the cost of manufacturing is too high. IMO the Japanese way to manufacture vehicles is to use robotics. And, the methods that you are forced to use in the making of large motorhomes (given the low sales numbers), pretty much dictates that we are stuck with what we have.
All I would ask is that the manufacturers give us our money's worth. But, I have to say, my own experience with not getting my money's worth happened back in 2003. What happened since then is that Newmar improved the quality of their product, but the price of their products went up significantly (to pay for the higher quality, I'm sure).
Does anyone here have any ownership experience with Newmar Dutch Star models in the last 10 years? Did you get your money's worth?
