Winnebago Trend - First Drive Impressions
My wife and I recently test drove a 2014 Winnebago Trend 23L (same as the Itasca Viva) and were very impressed. As previous View owners that was the benchmark for our comparison. We then drove a new...
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szn8tt wrote:Desert Captain wrote:
Lots of quality C's out there for less than $90,000 that have far more capability and features than the trend.
Name one, link one, describe the features.
One year ago I made a similar request here and a member was kind enough to refer me to Nexus RV.com. I am happy to return the favor per your request. I was an eyelash away from flying to Elkhart to buy a new Phantom 23P when our 2012 popped up on the internet with 6,205 miles (8.8) on the generator), right here in Tucson. Needless to say I bought it that day.
It is not my intent to do a commercial for Nexus... though I easily could(I will send you a PM outlining many of my favorite features). Go to the website with an open mind, compare/contrast the Trend and the Phantom side by side and see for yourself. They currently have two nicely equipped Phantom 23P's for just under $60,000 in their available inventory.
An earlier post noted that the prices for the Trend are "trending" down (sorry I could not help myself), and that can only be due to the market balking at the original pricing structure. I think Winnebago (Itasca), make excellent coaches, some of the best around. The Trend is a different animal, somewhat limited in its abilities when compared to the conventional Class C's out there and until the price gets in line with those limitations I think there are better choices available, ironically some from Winnebago and Itasca... not to mention Nexus.
As always... Opinions and YMMV.
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