[mtlakejim]

I watched the video and if it is true that the designers and engineers are staying in these units and they still are making the stupid mistakes that are easy to correct but then they don't.......that speaks volumes for the "get them out the door as fast as possible mentality".




It was fairly obvious to me when touring the factories that it is all about how many they could build and how cheap they could make them. Quality and good design are a very distant second to that. Only time they care about anything to do with design is when it will help SELL the product so they can keep building them!!!


Again I'm not talking about the big stuff they get wrong, that's a whole other animal. I just can't belive they won't fix little VERY OBVIOUS stuff, like the head banger doors and double latches that require you to drop what you are carrying. You know the things that anyone actually using all the normal features would realize immediately and say "what were they thinking when the built this??? The things that could actually be fixed very easily and with no additional or very minimal cost.


Yeah SOME of the employees might spend a night or two in the rigs when they are already setup but they sure as heck are NOT using them like they own them (like storing stuff in the storage compartments, setting them up and such.


Storage compartment brings up another prime example. Why on earth would you make a storage compartment that is 18" tall with a door that is only 12" tall?????? Stupid just stupid!!!


Stop trying to defend the indefensible!!!!


They make very basic stupid design mistakes and are not correcting them at anywhere near the speed at which they should! They might listen to the very small percentage of people that attend the rally but I have NEVER seen a questionnaire going out that actually asks for constructive criticism. The BEST thing they could do is REQUIRE that engineers and designers take turns calling owners and asking them for their thoughts for improvements. Ask the owner to develop a list, give them a week then call them back. Then IMMEDIATELY fix things on the assembly line that can be...........


I guess the biggest problem is that the actual owners are NOT the manufacturers customers, the dealers are. And the dealers don't care as long as they can still sell them.........and blame the manufacturer for any shortcomings!!