GrandpaKip wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
What amazes me is the build quality compared to the 'junk' domestic builder turn out. I'd love to 'import' one of those units to the states. Bet it wouldn't leak or the appliances fail in a couple years time.
Never been enamored with 'slides' anyway. Never had a unit with them. I look at slides as one, a source of leakage and two, just another mechanically operated low buck build thing to fail at some point, probably at the worst time.
A Jurgens 21’ caravan starts at 62,000 $Aus., about 45,000 $US. Don’t think that would do well over here. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the look of those interiors.
Without maintenance, I bet they will eventually leak just like any other camper.
For the extra 30k, I could have the best appliances.
The biggest thing though, the door is still on the wrong side.
Bet if your ordered one the door could be on the 'right' side...lol
I think they would do well, once buyers realized that quality demands a price.
Have a good friend with a Prevost ans it's top shelf quality through and through and at 1.5 it should be. Thing has a real marble bathroom in it. No plastic faucets either.
Not sure you could have the 'best' appliance in a domestic RV for any price, they get built even special order with the least expensive appliances available, right down to the plastic water faucets.
Any RV will leak if not maintained and that is the key with a large percentage of RV owners here. They don't have a clue about maintaining seal integrity, or even simple tasks like properly winterizing (as is witnessed on the site numerous times).
Myself, I keep my RV inside my barn unless we are using it. It's always inside summer and winter. Last one we had got the same treatment and after 18 years it still looked new and I got a good chunk of change for it when I sold it 2 years ago,
In my view (from what I see on this thread, the 'Caravans' from Oz are a cut above what is produced here.
Just my view. Could be wrong, have been before.
