Newmar Ventana
was looking at a 2016 Newmar Ventana 43' this weekend, looked like a nice coach. I know Newmar makes a nice coach thinking this could work for us, does anyone know much about this coach.
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lanerd wrote:
Have you compared the 43 Ventana to the 42 Phaeton? We did and found the Phaeton much more coach for about the same $$.
Ron
You needed to look deeper. :W
One is laminated, and will at some point delaminate, the other isn't and won't.
One has Comfort Drive, the other doesn't. After doing over 35,000 miles with Comfort Drive I wouldn't be without it. Driving home last Sunday in monsoon conditions just reaffirmed my feelings on Comfort Drive.
I know a lot of people love their Tiffins, heck I even bought into the hype and recommended on to my parents. I'd never do that again. :B I was working on that thing constantly, even fixing the stuff Red Bay had supposedly fixed when, like so many others, theirs too made the trip back. Friends had an Allegro Bus, same deal. Cracked sidewalls and endless trips to Red Bay. They gave up and sold theirs. I passed another Allegro Bus on the Interstate a few weeks back, another one with a big crack coming at the rear slide opening.
As to the OPs question on the Ventanna, nice coach. As mentioned above, hung wall construction, Comfort Drive, and Newmar quality. As always, I would suggest walking through your local campground and look at the units that are 10-15 years old. They ALL look good when they're new. Look at the older ones and see which ones stand the test of time.
We camped last weekend with friends with a 2002 Dutch Star that I believe has over 100,000 miles on it now. It looks as good today as the day it left Newmar.
Yes, I'm biased, as we've owned (3) new Newmars and they've all been great. My own personal dealing with other builds haven't been so good.
