I test drove my first motorhome today - Noisy

praisetoGod wrote:
The wife and I are looking at a small 35' diesel pusher. I've never driven a motorhome and I don't know what I expected, other than I thought it would be a lot quieter. Because the engine is in the back, I guess I expected to hear nothing but wind, but that wasn't the case. Of course our Louisiana roads are in poor condition, and this particular stretch of interstate was horrible (uneven and potholes), but still. Is your motorhome quite? Do you have to spend $300-$400K to get a quite ride?

Well what coach did you drive? What did you hear, road noise, engine noise, wind noise? Now go drive 5 outher makes and models. Try some gas coaches. Yes drive on the freeways but also drive on some outher streets. Here is a fun thing to do. Down load a sound meter onto your phone and measure the noise in the coach. When under full acceleration and at cruse. Try it in your car two.
You just need to get more experience to draw from to make a good decision. I would drive some 38ft and 40 ft. coaches.
Bill