How to test drive a Class A ??

Remember that when you test drive an EMPTY Class A, it may rattle more, accelerate and stop differently, and handle winds different than when it is loaded for travel. The seating position, visibility, and control location will be the same but that is about all that you can really tell from a test drive of an unloaded coach. You may get blown all over the highway in an empty coach and it may be rock solid when properly loaded. Also if you plan on towing, you will not be able to tell the performance impact of a vehicle in tow.
I think a test drive is important but keep in mind the limitations of what it will tell you.

Golden_HVAC wrote:
The dealership is much more likely to let you test drive a class C or class A motorhome than to test tow a fifth wheel.

Well that's good since the OP was asking about a Class A not a Fifth Wheel...

The dealership is much more likely to let you test drive a class C or class A motorhome than to test tow a fifth wheel.

Yes they do test drives all the time. Take it on the freeway, and see how much get up and go it has. . .

But before making a decision, look at many of them. Collect brochures, decide on a workable floorplan! Research the cargo rating, cargo capacity, and what the GVWR is. If you plan on towing something like a cargo trailer, make sure that it can handle both the hitch weight and vehicle weight. Or if you plan to tow a car, then it just need to have a hitch rating over your vehicle's weight. Yet if the motorhome is only rated at 3,500 pounds (many are from the 90's) you can not just change the hitch. It is the frame attachment that limits the weight on the frame and hitch.

Good luck,

Fred.

When we were looking, any dealer we talked to would let us test drive it. Only a few even asked if we'd ever driven one before.....Dennis