The one thing good about Jayco is resale and brand awareness. I have had two work colleagues recently go through the process of trying to sell their lovely vans so they could upgrade. Both magnificent vans made by smallish builders, one had to sell at a fairly reduced price than what he wanted, he was told by a caravan sales place," I know who made your van but the average punter hasn't heard of it, not like they know Jayco". The other is still trying to sell his van, it is like brand new, only used for a few short trips and he has dropped about $15k and still cannot get a sniff. He is now looking at Jayco's again.
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Understand the point you're making, but gotta disagree.
As a building designer I used to tell clients (including my missus) that we need to consider resale. Now I tell them that they are the ones who are living in it. Design and build it how they want, how it will work for them in their life. Don't worry about what may or may not happen 5, 10 years down the track.
I reckon the same for the van - as long as the manufacturer is good enough to do the job the SS wants done (and I think we know he'll be pretty picky
), forget the longevity of the name and just enjoy it yourself. Can he stay??..... Yeah, but only cos we want to see a whole new batch of mods come about
