Looking at the Pleasure-Way Ascent

We live on a small island and the van is kept on the mainland in a secured garage. So, I can’t measure that for you, sorry. There isn’t a ton of room in there but we are able to get some rubbermaid totes fit in under the rear seat. They are the 1/2 size totes, about 14” in height. The wet bath works for us, but again, it’s easy to get ‘2-foot-itis,’ looking at the larger/longer vans. If we wanted to keep our truck, and the van would only be used for camping, then we may have opted for a PW Class B+. There are lots of compromises in an Ascent, but the ‘driving’ feature for us was how short it was, but still had a proper sleeping area and the PW quality. The Sprinter van chassis was also non-negotiable. The Promaster gearing, lack of towing capacity, etc, just wouldn’t work for us. Our 2016 van was built on a 2015 MB chassis, so we do have the swivel seats. When we learned that the new 2016 chassis’s did not have the swivels, we did a factory order and got one of the last two 2015 chassis’s remaining. Personally, not having the ability to swivel the passenger seat would in my opinion take away from the Ascents usability. However, you can leave the table in place with the twin bed configuration, so you always have a sitting area available.