Miramar vs Hurricane vs Newmar
The wife and I went to the Tampa RV Supershow this past weekend. I think this is our 6th or 7th show now. We purchased a TT back in July of 2011 and we have been researching Class A motorhomes the l...
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Well, we bought the HURRICANE the end of October '16...29M. It's our first experience in a "A Class" camper, we have had several fifth wheels and traded in a Keystone Outback 35ft.
I will say this about that, we just got back off a 1600 mile trip to Ft Myers, Fl, on up to Tampa, and then to Destin, Fl for a week. My buddy Bill bought a Windsport 29M at the same time. My drive down was with no turn signal's or flashers, Bill cannot open his hood even to check the oil!(hinge bracket hit's the power steering pump...) We both bought aftermarket stabilizer's for the steering and had them aligned at a front end shop. Neither one of us tow anything, we either Enterprise or Uber.
Because I had never had a "A Class" and Bill had never had a camper...I wouldn't of changed a thing. Yes there are "bugs" in all new camper's, no mater what you buy, BUT they a fixable most of the time by yourself...I am satisfied with the Ford Chassis (even though I do agree 22.5 wheels would be better). I got 10 miles per gallon driving 60 MPH! The new, 2016 transmission is good, even the transmission brake helps tremendously! We still got some more work to do on the stabilizer bars. We left out of Destin on last Monday and the winds fought me all the way home. All systems worked on mine (once we fixed the turn signals...), Bill lost his electric hot water and had to use LP.
It is exactly like the poster's say, it's all in your pocketbook and how much dollars you can spend, would a 35 ft be better, I would say yes but as for me, an entry level guy, the $20,000 left over in my pocket feels better, and we got a KING size bed!
My advice is when you do the walk-thru, take your time and look very, very, very CLOSE, the people you will work with are sales people, take a lengthy test drive, check all systems over and over, whatever you buy......
I will say this about that, we just got back off a 1600 mile trip to Ft Myers, Fl, on up to Tampa, and then to Destin, Fl for a week. My buddy Bill bought a Windsport 29M at the same time. My drive down was with no turn signal's or flashers, Bill cannot open his hood even to check the oil!(hinge bracket hit's the power steering pump...) We both bought aftermarket stabilizer's for the steering and had them aligned at a front end shop. Neither one of us tow anything, we either Enterprise or Uber.
Because I had never had a "A Class" and Bill had never had a camper...I wouldn't of changed a thing. Yes there are "bugs" in all new camper's, no mater what you buy, BUT they a fixable most of the time by yourself...I am satisfied with the Ford Chassis (even though I do agree 22.5 wheels would be better). I got 10 miles per gallon driving 60 MPH! The new, 2016 transmission is good, even the transmission brake helps tremendously! We still got some more work to do on the stabilizer bars. We left out of Destin on last Monday and the winds fought me all the way home. All systems worked on mine (once we fixed the turn signals...), Bill lost his electric hot water and had to use LP.
It is exactly like the poster's say, it's all in your pocketbook and how much dollars you can spend, would a 35 ft be better, I would say yes but as for me, an entry level guy, the $20,000 left over in my pocket feels better, and we got a KING size bed!
My advice is when you do the walk-thru, take your time and look very, very, very CLOSE, the people you will work with are sales people, take a lengthy test drive, check all systems over and over, whatever you buy......
