bbaley wrote:
I have new Keystone Cougar TT and I am sick of it.
There is nothing about it that doesn't scream "I am going to break or fall apart in a few more miles"
Friends of ours have one of those too, a 2014. Poorly built IMO. The drawers and cabinet doors were all falling apart . They took it to the dealer and they botched the repairs. I spent a couple of days last summer repairing this for them plus the dinette seating that was falling apart. One of the cabinet doors had the 2 parts of the roller catch about an inch apart and the door would not stay closed. Sloppy, sloppy work. Saw the same TT at the last RV show here with cab. doors that were almost falling off and the dealer didn't even bother to fix it up for the show.
Met a couple in a CG last summer with the same TT and it had a bad roof leak from day 1. The dealer tried to fix it and couldn't so it got sent to the factory. The factory ended making it worse.
I looked at Keystone Bullet on display at CW and noticed that the axles and tires are loaded almost to their max. ratings. They seem to go for bling and the important stuff is built on the cheap and the least substantial.
Keystone was bought by Thor Industries some years ago. Our 2014 KZ TT was one of last built by the original company and got bought out by Thor in 2014. I would not by another KZ in part because of that. Thor does not have the best of reputations. Some Keystone owners love their TTs and have had minimal or no issues tho.
There aren't TTs made that you can really call excellent quality except for maybe Airstream. Nash and OutdoorsRV (both owned by Northwood) have a decent reputation and that's what I would look at if buying a new TT. If you are in Portland, La Grande is not too far away where they are made and you could go to the factory and look at how they are built. Would save $$ due to low delivery cost to a dealer in Portland too! At least they're not built by Amish craftsmen. Besides which brand to buy, look into the dealer "quality" too. They can be pretty bad as we have learned with 2 of them. Unless issues are major, you're usually better off to fix things yourself.
