RV Show Reflections (Do RV Engineers RV?)
Went to the San Antonio RV show yesterday and we really enjoyed seeing all the new RVs. Was pleasently surprised at construction quality on most models, not a lot of shoddy construction issues were ob...
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BadgerMcAdams wrote:
Do RV engineers and designers go RV'ing? Here is a simple test...
Go out and open the hood on your car...How easy is it to get to the spark plugs? The fan belt(s)? Heater and radiator hoses? Could you easily work on the vehicle if needed? The engineers and designers have probably never had to work on a car or truck they designed. Especially one that has had a few miles put on it.
I would imagine it is the same for the RV designers. They probably don't think about the "Where" when it comes to connections, only the "How" to fit every single option in a very limited space.
And if they do RV...Maybe they are Sadists who enjoy making it tough for people to connect up all the devices. Who knows...
well, there are some cars that really are easy to work on. on my two cars, spark plug changes on the V-8 is less than a 30 minute job. Every outside light bulb can be accessed to replace in less than a minute, even the bulbs in the instrument cluster can be accessed and changed in at most 10 minutes. hood is designed to easily be opened to a 90 degree angle. Oil filter doesn't dump over everything, drain plugs for the radiator are accessible including easy to access drain valves on each side of the engine block to completely drain the coolant. service access was definitely designed into the vehicle.
Then there is DIL's mazda. changing a headlight bulb is at least an hours job......
On my Outback trailer, in general I'd say whomever designed the trailer either was a camper or had campers give feedback. One of the few trailers that we could access most anything we needed with the slides in, something hard to do on many trailers.
But then I've seen some others that I wondered if anyone even looked at the plans to see how goofey it was.
