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budbon
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Nov 03, 2013

Fiver to Sprinter type

My wife and I have been using our various fivers primarily for boon docking. We have decided to go to a Sprinter type motor home, and start looking over this great country. We are looking at the View/Navion 24G rigs. At 6'3 I would like the queen bed. We are not necessarily locked into these brands but lean very heavily towards this style. We are really looking forward to the freedom to go when we want and stop when we want.

We will probably be looking for a used rig, probably 2 to 2 years old. Are there any special recommendation's? Anything we should watch out for etc.?

We currently have a 2010 Montana 2955RL, with solar panels, inverter and other goodies, but at 70 we are entering a new phase of Rv'ing.
  • Winnebago actually came out with the Profile/IQ/24G style coach in the 2008 model year. (we had a 2009).
    The first 3 model years didn't have the side slide on the drivers side. We loved ours, but did recently go down a size to the ERA class B. The only thing we really miss about the IQ we had is the larger bathroom.
    Nice units. Lots of used ones around if you look.
    Our ERA class B actually has more interior storage than the IQ class C did believe it or not.
    There is no such thing as a B+. It's just a marketing term used by some manufacturers, usually to designate a no over the cab bed model
  • Winnebago is using the Sprinter to make A's (Via/Reyo), B's (Era), and C's (View/Navion). The c's most like a B+ would be View Profile and Navion IQ, though Winnebago has not used that marketing term (from Gulfstream originally) to describe a C without overhead bed.

    There are actually quite a few Navions and Views out there, been making them for something like 8 years, but the IQ and Profile are more recent and rarer. If the idea is to get a Sprinter under you, I suggest you look at them all, new if you must in order to find them, to decide how much space you want for travel. The true B, the Era, is slimmer and gets around better. The A, C and B+ styles are roomier, the A probably roomiest, and all about the same size outside, 24-25 long and just under eight foot wide.

    Sprinter B's and B+/Cs are available from other manufacturers, again going back 8-9 years, Gulfstream about the oldest. Earliest models had the overhead bed, it is only recently that U.S. manufacturers have moved to what in Europe is called the "profile" motorhome style on a Sprinter.
  • Shearwater wrote:
    The View/Navion models are actually class C's and are discussed in the class C forum. Those models, and Sprinter-based RV's generally, are rare on the used market.


    Sorry, I'm new to these and it seems they are sometimes referred to class B or B+
  • might take a look at leisure travel van leisurevans.com. we have the freedom serenity II mod has the bed you like. were in the upper 60,s and travel from spot to spt at a whimm. in my opinion this brand is built better than the others . ours 2007 has not had a problem since new. one little one but MB fixed it quick. ours has the MB 5cyc diesel engine and my log book will show over 20mpg not towing my boat and avg 17teen towing a 16ft bass boat. I,ve had class A,s and C.s this is the best of them . you gotta look at one ,the drivers leg room is huge.
  • The View/Navion models are actually class C's and are discussed in the class C forum. Those models, and Sprinter-based RV's generally, are rare on the used market.