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More Reinforcement for Buying an LD
Here's yet another horror story about some folks who bought an SOB.
Re: More Reinforcement for Buying an LD
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I wonder if they will win in court or if will be a buyer beware story.

Thor quality is horrible, we checked some out last year when we were first looking at RVs.  Just sitting in the lot with a dealer you could see the quality problems.
For example, the side of the refrigerator cabinet was about 1/16" - maybe particle board, it was attached to the front of the cabinet with wood colored paper tape about 1" wide.  The paper tape had already torn (long crack several feet long where the two cabinet sides met) so the two cabinet pieces were moving separate from each other.  The same trim quality problems could be seen in other areas (around the dinette areas that had some flimsy thin plastic trim). 
If they couldn't even bother to fasten things in a more durable way (nails, brads, staples, something...), I figured everything else would be poorly done also.
Jane & Scott
Currently have a 1989 TK  LD we did a lot of upgrades on.
Bigfoot 25RQ Twin on order with early summer 2024 ETA

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 We disclaim the illusion of ignorance this creates as we have enough ignorance we rightly claim.
Re: More Reinforcement for Buying an LD
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"Thor quality is horrible..."
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I agree, but producing junk doesn't appear to affect Thor's bottom line. Thor and Forest River control about 80% of RV production, have massive all-around market presence and mega distribution lines and dealers.

Thor Industries Has a Bright Future

RV sales have increased enormously over the past few years; targeted advertising campaigns, a proliferation of RV "shows", and a raft of other "go RVing" enticements have brought thousands and thousands of people into the market, and these are snapping up whatever rolls off the lines. And, despite bad press about RV quality, large numbers of recalls for assorted issues, and the wide availability of online "what to look for and how to buy an RV" information, many buyers do little or no homework, remain clueless, head for the nearest dealer with a lot full of new toys, listen to the pitch of a salesperson (often equally clueless) , and, often, apparently base their choice, not on build quality (the dealer can fix that for you; no problem!), but on the RV with the most "shiny stuff" and the lowest monthly payment.

As long as the junk keeps selling, the industry as a whole has little incentive to improve build quality, and, IMO, there seems to be a pretty steady supply of buyers eager to keep them in business.

As ever, YMMV.

Joan

 
2003 TK has a new home
 
Re: More Reinforcement for Buying an LD
Reply #3 –
It only took us going to a couple of shows to figure out that most RVs are put together horribly.  Yes, they try to wow you with fancy lighting, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and lots of large screen TVs.  But after a week of having thousands of feet trample through the interior at the show, most units look like a war zone with broken cabinet doors, damaged floors from slide-outs and, missing bits of hardware here and there.  And if they can't hold up to a people walking through them at a show, I assume they probably won't hold up after driving down the road for thousands of miles and being lived in.

But yet, it amazes me that people continue to buy the junk.   :o   RV industry had record sales in 2016.  
2003 23.5 TK