considering a diesel for small class C
After selling our 5th wheel a couple months ago my wife and I have talked about the Class C motor homes. Since we are more concerned with the travelling rather than camping we are thinking of a C in ...
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I have a 24' C on a sprinter chassis. Mine has 2 slides, one for the dinette, and one in the rear for the bed.
Pros: great gas mileage...we get about 16mph which drops to about 12 when we tow our jeep. Because of the size, I haven't yet met a campsite I can't access, and stopping at a grocery store is easy, because I don't need a lot of room. So far our only issued with reliability was having the Nox sensors go bad this summer on our first day of a trip to Yellowstone, but fortunately Mercedes of Boise was able to fix it it and we were on the road by evening. The power is a huge plus for us, because we often travel up and down mountain roads. because the have the rear slide, we have an almost walk around queen bed, and that slide extends our length to nearly 28 feet.
Cons: space is at a premium. We actually have a good amount of outside storage, but inside storage is tight. I would give my right arm for a little more kitchen space, and the bathroom is super tight. The dinette is our only seating, and I wish I had the sofa instead. If we want to watch a movie, we have to make the dinette down or one of us had to end up with neck strain from the angle.
All in all we are happy with our choice. It is perfect for us now, and we only suffer with the space when we bring along a couple of the teenagers, but that is pretty rare. I think we could even adapt it for full time living by removing the mattress from the overhead bunk and putting some storage bins up there. We even take one of our cats along, and he has plenty of space.
Pros: great gas mileage...we get about 16mph which drops to about 12 when we tow our jeep. Because of the size, I haven't yet met a campsite I can't access, and stopping at a grocery store is easy, because I don't need a lot of room. So far our only issued with reliability was having the Nox sensors go bad this summer on our first day of a trip to Yellowstone, but fortunately Mercedes of Boise was able to fix it it and we were on the road by evening. The power is a huge plus for us, because we often travel up and down mountain roads. because the have the rear slide, we have an almost walk around queen bed, and that slide extends our length to nearly 28 feet.
Cons: space is at a premium. We actually have a good amount of outside storage, but inside storage is tight. I would give my right arm for a little more kitchen space, and the bathroom is super tight. The dinette is our only seating, and I wish I had the sofa instead. If we want to watch a movie, we have to make the dinette down or one of us had to end up with neck strain from the angle.
All in all we are happy with our choice. It is perfect for us now, and we only suffer with the space when we bring along a couple of the teenagers, but that is pretty rare. I think we could even adapt it for full time living by removing the mattress from the overhead bunk and putting some storage bins up there. We even take one of our cats along, and he has plenty of space.
