Pleasureway Pursuit

I appreciate your response. Thank you very much. It will help in making a final decision later this year.

We also have a 2014 Pursuit and have put 15,000 miles on it the first year. We absolutely love it and use it far more than we thought we would. We have the electric sofa which costs you the small pass through storage available on the U-shaped sofa models but allows more versatility by being able to adjust its position. We can recline our sofa for personal preference or slide the whole sofa forward to provide storage behind for when we take it to pick up plants or go Christmas shopping.

We also average 11 mpg and have found that by only being 22' we can legally park almost anywhere. That means when we go to the beach, we park at the beach, not in a campground 3 miles away.

Most come with a V-10 but ours is only a V-8. In the beginning we were getting 12 mpg but we drive faster now so we pay the price. We have no problem with the engine, although it can get a little loud when it downshifts to get up a hill.

Good luck and let us know if you have any specific questions.

I appreciate the information you have provided. There is also an Excel for sale at the dealership. We previously owned a 2003 Excel many years ago. Liked it. We were looking at the Pursuit because of the things you mentioned. Thanks again.

We have a PW Pursuit, one year old. We have taken 4 trips in it and like it. We traveled for 8 years in a PW Excel, a true Class B and sold it last year, then bought a Pursuit. It is 2 ft longer and is wider and higher than our Excel so there is some loss of mobility but we still manage to get into restaurant parking lots, etc because it is only 22 ft long. One big improvement is the much better shower, we no longer use campground showers. We have the U-shaped dinette in the rear that makes into a bed. It takes 3 or 4 minutes to do the conversion. We use a queen size Travasak for sleeping and roll it up in the morning. We have the overhead bunk and use it when a grandchild is with us. If we are by ourselves, we leave the bunk mattress home which gives you lots of storage space. The electric sofa model doesn't have outside storage for camp chairs, grill, etc., as far as I can tell. PW quality is first rate, although not quite up to the Excel. The RV drives and handles extremely well with the dual wheels. We get 11 mpg on trips but could do a little better if I held the speed to 60 or below. The Ford chassis is flawless, as was our experience with the Excel. The big refrigerator is a big improvement over the little dorm room model we had before. Good luck with your shopping.

I thought it was a Class B.

I am more interested in receiving information about the vehicle then debating which class it belongs to. So, if there are any owners out there who would be willing to share their experiences with the Pleasureway Pursuit, I would be interested in receiving them.

so as above many consider a class B to be a van chassis with a cap.

and a "box" added ontop of a chassis with a van front to be a C...

these definitions can be a moving target and may vary by Jurisdiction ( DMV/ DOT)


I have a Pleasure Way B, it is a 2006 ( on 2005 Chev chassis) Lexor model.

I bought it last Autumn and am thrilled with the quality of the conversion/ coach build.
Cabinetry and materials ( solid maple), plumbing, 12 volt and 120 volt work is great...gas too.

I spent days in my driveway with manuals and tools- delving deep into the systems there were no corners cuts or hidden sloppy work.

The Pleasure Way people were great with some questions. They realize that supporting a buyer on a used unit, makes easier for the seller to buy a new pleasure way.

Canada uses a square drive Robertson head screw for much electrical and cabinetry. You'll want to get a R0, R1, R2 sized screwdriver to tighten things up over time ( oh wait...you are in Ottawa- you know this....well for the next American reader)

Mike

The Pursuit is a class C. This needs to be moved over there....