excited wife

My guess is that 30 minutes down the road, you won't even think about it. Congrats on the upcoming retirement. I have 27 days left...:B

You'll be looking at a 40 footer down the road. Ask me how I know? Welcome and Happy Camping!

richardwise wrote:
This thing (Class A) is big. How long will it take to get over this?

Driving'er bout 10 miles and navigating a couple of Wal-Mart parking lots. Good luck.


Happy camping!!! See y'all down the road!!!:)

181 days to retirement.:B

Valkyriebush wrote:
You'll be looking at a 40 footer down the road. Ask me how I know? Welcome and Happy Camping!

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First of all congratulations on the upcoming change of life style, we've been that way since 1998, it's great.

Second, I happen to have the brochure on the 27N next to me on the desk. We started looking at them last year at the Pomona Show. Nice rigs. Then the DW saw the VIA and fell for that. Went back to the show this year and looked at the VIA again and have changed our minds again. Cs are out, VIAs and Views are out the Thor VEGAS is out and we are back to larger more comfortable rigs with more features.

We loved the layout and décor of the VIA and the outrageously good mileage, but as it ends up we changed our minds about that and buying one for a couple of years of intense travel and then going back to a bigger A.

Two things changed our minds,(read that as the DW changed her mind and, therefore, our collective minds) first while we love our 27' Bounder, it is small and the VIA is even smaller. After 13 weeks on the road a couple of years ago, we found it was really small. The slides and extra room of a 30T is very inviting. The second thing was what a salesman said, "The VIA is $50K more than a Bounder Classic 30T(I have that brochure next to me too) and that will buy a lot of fuel.

My points are, aren't our wives wonderful creatures, changing their minds in midstream and surprising us. After 51 years+, I should have known she would change her mind, right.

Then there is the size thing, yes you will forget about the size by the time you hook up the first night out. It is so much fun to drive, those captains chairs do something to your perspective on life and travel.

And last, as other s have said, you'll be looking for bigger within a few weeks or maybe months but the odds are you'll be getting bigger. I said for years that I wouldn't want a 40' DP, but I would love to have the income to buy one. I've changed my mind, I'd go bigger than 30' if going full time.

Good luck and happy travels and let us know how long it takes you to yearn for bigger.

D.E.Bishop wrote:
First of all congratulations on the upcoming change of life style, we've been that way since 1998, it's great.

Second, I happen to have the brochure on the 27N next to me on the desk. We started looking at them last year at the Pomona Show. Nice rigs. Then the DW saw the VIA and fell for that. Went back to the show this year and looked at the VIA again and have changed our minds again. Cs are out, VIAs and Views are out the Thor VEGAS is out and we are back to larger more comfortable rigs with more features.

We loved the layout and décor of the VIA and the outrageously good mileage, but as it ends up we changed our minds about that and buying one for a couple of years of intense travel and then going back to a bigger A.

Two things changed our minds,(read that as the DW changed her mind and, therefore, our collective minds) first while we love our 27' Bounder, it is small and the VIA is even smaller. After 13 weeks on the road a couple of years ago, we found it was really small. The slides and extra room of a 30T is very inviting. The second thing was what a salesman said, "The VIA is $50K more than a Bounder Classic 30T(I have that brochure next to me too) and that will buy a lot of fuel.

My points are, aren't our wives wonderful creatures, changing their minds in midstream and surprising us. After 51 years+, I should have known she would change her mind, right.

Then there is the size thing, yes you will forget about the size by the time you hook up the first night out. It is so much fun to drive, those captains chairs do something to your perspective on life and travel.

And last, as other s have said, you'll be looking for bigger within a few weeks or maybe months but the odds are you'll be getting bigger. I said for years that I wouldn't want a 40' DP, but I would love to have the income to buy one. I've changed my mind, I'd go bigger than 30' if going full time.

Good luck and happy travels and let us know how long it takes you to yearn for bigger.

Okay Mr. Bishop - I'm coming to your DW's defense here:

"aren't our wives wonderful creatures, changing their minds in midstream and surprising us. After 51 years+, I should have known she would change her mind, right."

Then you follow it up with:

"I've changed my mind, I'd go bigger than 30' if going full time."

So who keeps changing their mind???? :W

There is a saying "Buy your third motor home first". We just bought our third mh and finally got it right, I hope anyway.

Lessons learned, we didn't and could have saved a ton of money. No regrets with what we owned. Each mh met our needs at the time. But give serious thought to some of the suggestions made here. It could save you lots of money.

when we first were full timing we were still working. we were in a 35' bus. We learned that 5 more feet would be wonderful. So some friends knew of a 40; silver eagle bus and we bought Liberty on Mother's Day weekend that year.
Congrats on leaving the world of legalized slavery.

I moved up from a travel trailer towed by a Ford Explorer to a class A this year. First to a Thor ACE 27.1, which turned out to be a poor handling, poor quality dog. After three months I traded it in on a Winnebago Vista 27N. I absolutely love the 27N; drives well, good quality, great storage, haven't found anything I don't like about it. For me and the cat it's a good size, but I think it could be too tight for a couple full-timing.
Back to your question about getting used to driving a "huge" class A. I am a 68 year ol'e lady and never drove anything this big before. It took me about 200 miles to get confident about staying centered in my lane - check both mirrors continously. As far as cornering, even with my CR-V in tow, it is easier than towing a travel trailer. Just have to be aware that the tail swings wide. It could hit something if you turn out too quickly from the curb or gas pump. Now that I have driven it about 3500 miles, I love it. I like the visibility from the big panoramic windows and like sitting high.

I would look at a 40 footer right from the start, rather than trading up. So much more room especially for full time.