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Originally Posted by JamieGeek

In the storage lot where we keep our Axis there are several old or very old campers that just seem to be rotting there: I never see anyone visit them, I never see them gone (e.g. in use). They all are decaying to the point where they are useless (roof rotted away, doors falling off, etc.). In addition there is another Axis in our lot--it arrived about 6 months after ours did. I don't know what they've been doing with it or where they've been camping with it but it already looks like its 1 or 2 years older than ours!
A lot can be said of owner upkeep on that cheap stuff.

Jamie, to be clear, I wasn't saying that Axis is cheap. It's not. And the price, while lower than most larger Class As, is still higher than what I consider cheap units. I won't mention brands. At shows I've seen small cheap Class Cs sold for $20,000 lower than an Axis. Some of these brands fall apart more quickly in my opinion. Granted, cheaper RVs may also attract less experienced owners, or some other factor that compounds the problem.

Many of the motorhomes of various brands have broken dinette table supports, broken or missing trim, water leaks, and the thing that bothers me most is damage associated with slides. We see water leaks, sagging structure, damage to floor, etc. all the time. And almost all have the top of the slide very dirty. And that dirt that accumulates on top of slide often comes with a smell I don't like. Could be one of those out-of-sight out-of-mind things that doesn't get cleaned often, or ever.