RV Sales Down = Shorter Repair Wait Times?

Above, the service appointment list at La Mesa RV in Albuquerque. I was
at the top having a new awning fabric installed. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Since I bought my motorhome in 2015, I never had any issue with long repair times. It usually took only a few hours to get whatever needed work done. Granted, the work I needed was minor. Others have not been so lucky. Some had to leave their RVs at the repair shop for days and, incredibly, months.

According to RV Travel, since RV sales have gone down, repair wait times are getting shorter. If this is truly the case, that's great news!

They begin with:

As shipments of new RVs stagnate at a hair above 30,000 a month, posting a near-50% decline year-to-date over 2022, the dealers who sell those RVs likewise are getting a severe haircut. May sales revenue dove 26% from May of last year and was down 28% compared with May of 2021, according to a recent report from the RV Dealer Association (RVDA). But here’s a bright note amid the gloom: All that loss of sales business may mean it’s taking less time to get your RV repaired.

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