RIV Report?

[Don Bradner]

David, as someone who moved from slides to no-slides deliberately, I would say
there is a big difference between demise and ruin in this instance.

A lot of manufacturers were dragged kicking and screaming into the slide
business because they had to (because demise was the other choice). Slides did a
lot of damage (ruin) to many coach models, and it is likely an M450 wouldn't
have weight problems without them. We would all have been better off (in my
opinion) if the slide had not been invented so the public wouldn't have insisted
on them.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1

On 10/28/2008 at 7:55 AM David Brady wrote:

>Actually, slide-outs saved 'em. Imagine trying to sell
>a motorhome today w/o a slide out. Impossible. The
>buying public demands expandable rooms. There are
>many things that may have spelled the demise of Wanderlodge,
>but please, let's not single out the expandable room.
>
>David Brady
>'02 LXi, (Living room slide, works great)
>
>
>Lloyd Chaffin wrote:
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>> John,
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>> I will keep my M380 because I do like it and I have put too much
>> blood sweat and tears into it now to give up. Alot of M380 owners did
>> give up and got rid of it. I enjoy reading about you guys who have
>> the older "Real" Birds and I am kind of envious. My father-in-law
>> owned 10 Birds in his life. His last was a 97 and he said he wouldn't
>> buy another one because they where going to start putting slide outs
>> in them and that would ruin em. Ha, he was so right!
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