vehicle selection advice; 2006 Winnebago View 23J
Hello.
From people who have traveled South America as far as lower Argentina, or similar, could you tell me if having a slide is a deal breaker on vehicle selection? I've had some general advice not to have a slide, but don't know why or how important this is.
I'm full time in my fifth wheel with 5 slides, so I grasp RV life, but have never had a class c. I'm looking for a small class C for a 6-8 month adventure to South America. I want a diesel that will burn older diesel (NOT ultra low Sulphur diesel), so I'm looking pre-2007. Unless I'm unsuccessful finding a diesel, I do not want gas.
I'm looking at Mercedes Benz sprinters, the first T1N generation. Winnebago/Itasca has a model from 2006 that we like, which is the View 23J or Navion 23J respectively. Either is 23'5" long front bumper to rear of spare tire mounted on the rear.
It has a single dinette slide.
The View/Navion has enhanced appeal to us, because if there is anything left of it after South America, we'd ship that to Europe, rinse and repeat the trip in Europe. Thus, we are looking for a relatively lightweight, fuel efficient little c for these extended trip purposes.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks so much.
From people who have traveled South America as far as lower Argentina, or similar, could you tell me if having a slide is a deal breaker on vehicle selection? I've had some general advice not to have a slide, but don't know why or how important this is.
I'm full time in my fifth wheel with 5 slides, so I grasp RV life, but have never had a class c. I'm looking for a small class C for a 6-8 month adventure to South America. I want a diesel that will burn older diesel (NOT ultra low Sulphur diesel), so I'm looking pre-2007. Unless I'm unsuccessful finding a diesel, I do not want gas.
I'm looking at Mercedes Benz sprinters, the first T1N generation. Winnebago/Itasca has a model from 2006 that we like, which is the View 23J or Navion 23J respectively. Either is 23'5" long front bumper to rear of spare tire mounted on the rear.
It has a single dinette slide.
The View/Navion has enhanced appeal to us, because if there is anything left of it after South America, we'd ship that to Europe, rinse and repeat the trip in Europe. Thus, we are looking for a relatively lightweight, fuel efficient little c for these extended trip purposes.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks so much.
