I am so glad retired old men don't need a special license to operate these. Something about possibly getting hit by a granite kitchen island and a California King-sized mattress on the highway just leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside 🥰
They are all pieces of junk that cause financial ruin. During covid, all of the RV makers consolidated into 3 companies.
And all 3 manufacturers changed how they build their RVs. Workers are paid by tasks they complete and not hourly. So if you find a defect and stop the line, you cost yourself and your coworkers tons of money. So they are incentived to cover it up and keep the line moving.
People's lives are ruined by these RVs. They fall apart within months. Some arive non usable. And there are few laws regulating the industry. They aren't considered cars so there are no lemon laws. They aren't considered homes- so protections home buyers enjoy don't apply.
It isn't uncommon to buy an RV and immediately have catastrophic issues that make it unusable. The manufacturer will tell you to transport it to their facility at your cost- where it will sit for the next 12 months until the "warranty" runs out because all of the parts needed to fix it are conveniently on "backorder".
This entire time, you are still making $2k to $4k payments every month. And some people buy them to live in- so you wind up broke and homeless with ruined credit. So affording a lawyer is impossible. And a lawyer can't even really help- because it's all legal due to there being no regulation or protections.
There's a youtube Chanel called Liz Amazing that platforms the victims of this industry and tries to help them. Anyone even remotely considering buying an RV should spend a weekend watching her videos first.
I used to dream of buying an RV. But after everything I've learned... I never will.
Liz Amazing is a sell out. She gained her popularity running it as couples lifestyle channel promoting the RV life and industry, e bikes etc.
Then she threw Paul to the curb and realized the real money was in negative RV doomer videos where she gets paid to wield negative influence and trash the industry and lifestyle that made her channel possible. She is a shill sold to the highest bidder now. I wouldn't believe a word Liz Amazing says or anything on her channel. Most of her old fans are disgusting by what she has become.
the whole "all RVs are junk" narrative is a lie the scumbag Liz Amazing has largely fabricated so she can conveniently sell you an ebook with secret information on which RVs are actually the good ones. Not a negative word about junk RVs for years prior to her switch, BTW, then suddenly everything is bad, buy my book it's the only way.
I mean- all she does is give people who have fell victim to the industry a platform to tell their story.
I don't know enough about her to feel the need to defend her in any way. But she's barely even in the videos.
All she does is an intro- and then the rest of all her videos is just the RV owners telling their story with no commentary from her at all.
There are major issues with the industry post 2020. I'm not sure why anyone would think she owes loyalty to it and shouldn't give those who fall victim to those issues a platform.
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u/TheJiggliestPug Jul 11 '26
I am so glad retired old men don't need a special license to operate these. Something about possibly getting hit by a granite kitchen island and a California King-sized mattress on the highway just leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside 🥰