NeXus RV driving impressions
Coming live from Elkhart, Indiana... Drove some NeXus units today, and thought I'd share my impressions. First I'll say I love the low-pressure sales environment. They let us poke and prod and drive u...
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We rarely travel far for an RVing (camping if you will) trip to some State Park. A recent trip was the exception, 315 miles each way. Older (early 2000's) E450, older (2003) very entry level coach. We were commenting to each other How Quiet It IS! Our V10/4R100 power train keeps the torque converter locked virtually full time. And its cruise control is very "strict." The upshot of that is it drops down into full-on passing gear to climb a relatively mild grade. Same as it would for a relatively steep grade. That's More Noise More Often than the V10 produces when I drive with my Personal Foot. The newer E450's with TorqShift seem better about that.
The problem I see with Chevy isn't that it's Chevy. It's that it won't carry the very biggest (read "Longest") Class C's. Back when we bought a Class C, Chevy was either underpowered (5.7L/350) or the relatively rare 454. In Ford the powerful 460 was the common engine and the smaller 351 was uncommon. At the time I WANTED a Chevy and thought Ford and 460 were overkill. Even it a 24-ft, a 350 would have let me down.
Nowadays, that 4500 with the 6.0 is plenty adequate, particularly with six-speed automatic. But you just can't get past it's chassis STRETCH limitation. If the RV you want fits the Chevy chassis and that builder offers it, by all means go ahead.
There's a detailed review of the Nexus 32-ft Super C, be sure to look it over. There are apparently different diesel chassis available so you need to bone up on the manufacturer's offerings AND the models within manufacturer.
The one on the "heavy" chassis sounded awesome to me.
The problem I see with Chevy isn't that it's Chevy. It's that it won't carry the very biggest (read "Longest") Class C's. Back when we bought a Class C, Chevy was either underpowered (5.7L/350) or the relatively rare 454. In Ford the powerful 460 was the common engine and the smaller 351 was uncommon. At the time I WANTED a Chevy and thought Ford and 460 were overkill. Even it a 24-ft, a 350 would have let me down.
Nowadays, that 4500 with the 6.0 is plenty adequate, particularly with six-speed automatic. But you just can't get past it's chassis STRETCH limitation. If the RV you want fits the Chevy chassis and that builder offers it, by all means go ahead.
There's a detailed review of the Nexus 32-ft Super C, be sure to look it over. There are apparently different diesel chassis available so you need to bone up on the manufacturer's offerings AND the models within manufacturer.
The one on the "heavy" chassis sounded awesome to me.
