450 LXi and A Little History

[Blair]

> Beancounter wrote:
>One can argue the merits of Dupree vs. Drainmaster, and for one, I much
>prefer the
>products and especially the service offered by Girard rather than Zip Dee.
>But for the life of
>me, I cannnot figure out why Blue Bird is not aiming their new products at
>the lucrative top
>of the motorhome market, with coaches that are innovative and uncompromised.
>
>
Go through their factory, then do it the next day and really look at what
they're doing. Then go to Coach Craft in Oregon and
look at their line.....the checks, gigs, and precision production line was
something to see...it seems that BB is still building their
coaches like Rolls did in England, a great car but a little behind the
times in innovation and modern engineering...compare the
finish and engineering to a Lexsus (sp?) at a fraction of the cost.

The slides on the new coaches were displayed and explained as being a
wondrous new engineering development, when it looked
to me as a catchup thrown together lash-up from a small shop down the
street. All in an effort to say it was developed in house,
when better systems were already available.... the next day we went and
saw some new coaches at a dealership down the
road, where the slides wouldn't retract on a new coach, leaks were pouring
water into two others, and the rear slide of a new
M380 vibrated so much with the engine running, you felt you were in a drum....

My wife, Lynn, looked at me and said "If we didn't already have ours, I'd
never set foot in a bird. The new one's are junk."

When the ship is sinking, do you worry about the fixing the problem, or
just saving your life? BB is not looking
at the problem in a way that will do any good. Band aids don't work on
broken bones.

If I can't find a bird that I'm comfortable with, both moving around inside
and driving, I'm off to Newell or Prevost. I'm
tired of having a crick in my neck. That will be a sad day for us both,
as we love our bird. We have had nothing
but fun and pleasure on our trips, met the greatest people, and have had
the wonderful chance to visit
some of the greatest repair shops in the country......so, if any of you out
there know of a bird for sale, pre-2000
that has better than 6'8" headroom let me know....I haven't found one.

Blair in southern Oregon


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