Buying a used Class B - what not to buy
I am in the beginning stages of looking for either a Class B or C not more $30,000. It is a bit overwhelming as everything else we have had has been a trailer. I am looking within about 200 miles of w...
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DougE wrote:
Stay away from early Ford Chassis vans with the dual front I-beam suspension. (I believe '09 and earlier). Very unstable and wander badly. Be sure and test drive any van you get. If they don't track true they will miserable to drive. Most mechanics don't know it's a lack of caster issue that can supposedly be corrected by an upper offset bushing, but why take the chance.
I owned two RVs built on 2004 E350 chassis with the V10 engine. One had absolutely no road feel in the steering at all - it was like driving a video game. Harder than hell to keep on a straight line going down the road and it would wear you out since you had to be on top of it all the time. The second one drove like a dream with all the road feel you'd expect. A Ford engineer explained the difference was due to the first one not having enough feedback in the steer-by-wire system which could have been easily corrected with a vehicle firmware update.
