NeXus RV driving impressions
Coming live from Elkhart, Indiana... Drove some NeXus units today, and thought I'd share my impressions. First I'll say I love the low-pressure sales environment. They let us poke and prod and drive u...
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ron.dittmer wrote:
I think the Chevy gets that extra space by making the cab that much longer.
Ron ... correct, as you know.
Another way of saying it is that the front nose of the Chevy "sticks out further" ... thus making the total Chevy-based Class C vehicle length longer for any given Class C coach internal size. Ford probably wanted their van to be as absolutely compact as possible for delivery use in cities.
My E450 V10 cruises along at about 2200 RPM quiet as a mouse. Part of the V10's engine noise at high RPM is the whirling sound from it's cooling fan coming on if you hold that high RPM a long time up a long grade. This whirling sound is music to my ears - as it helps mean that our V10 will never overheat at any altitude, at any speed, at any outside temperature, and at any air conditioning setting. The V10 also idles super quiet and smooth - due to it's 10 cylinders - for cool parking lot lunches in extreme heat ... or emergency high-power coach battery charging with no generator noise such as when camped in drycamp tenting sites.
I'm about 6'2" and fit the Ford driver's seat just fine, but ... our dinette seat back tilts so as to allow the driver's seat to be put all the way back, as well as the back of the driver's seat be tilted back at a comfortable angle. All Class C coaches on the Ford chassis may not allow full extension of the driver's seat.
