How nimble is a 35' Class A motorhome?

RedJeep wrote:
1) Once setup in a campsite is it practical to think that if I wanted to take the family on a drive (to the beach, store, whatever) to just lift the leveling jacks, fold up the lawn chairs, bring the slides in and drive off on an errand? Or does that become a huge pain?
2) Drive a Class A around the town and tourist attractions? Or does parking become a huge pain?

I know that I can rent a car if parked for long stretched. Anyway, I appreciate any feedback from those that go everywhere with their Class A and no toad.

1000 times NO NO NO NO! It has nothing to do with the length or size of coach. When I first bought my coach, that is what I thought as well. My coach is 31'6" and less than 8 feet wide. It is by far more nimble than anything else out there. While I have no problem driving the roads less traveled, or driving in downtown Chicago traffic, all this is totally unrelated the need for a toad. I owned the coach for about 3 years, before I toad my Jeep for the purpose of off roading. I discovered it made a night and day difference in the level of enjoyment of the trip. It was then I swore to never go on vacation without a toad, unless I'm just visiting relatives. What I discovered is, no matter how efficient you are at setting up camp, it is still a major pain to back the coach into the spot, level up, break out the lawn chairs and other goodies, and then re-organize the inside of the coach to prepare for supper. If you come back from your days excursions at 6:00 PM, time you get parked and setup, get the fire going and are ready to begin to cook dinner, you are talking 7:00, which means eating supper at ~8:00 NO THANKYOU. Same with leaving. the stuff you would normally leave out inside the coach, you have to secure and prepare for driving. Basically the lack of toad steals 2 hours (1 hr at either end) out of every day that you could otherwise being enjoying your vacation.