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Re: Winnebago Travato
Ist post: Had a ticket waiting in Hartford last weekend but missed it and see the Travato. Well, Winnebago 4Q EPS are up and the economy is one thing; product value another. Not impressed, at least no yet. List $89k, show $69k; $20k thrown around like birdseed. What's it worth? Well, what the competition in Ducato based RVs? 4.5 million built in Euro. 50% of their van-based RV industry uses this platform, which includes Peugeot and Citroen as Fiat makes their vans too so RV'based P' and C's are both Ducato, or ProMaster as we know it here, now, the same. Domestic competition for pricing/value comparison. Just found 'Eko' last night while beat'n up the web. New, I'm guessing. Dearler network-'call us.' Quality-looks nice. Hymer quality. But to see Ducato based Hymer you gotta search: http://hymercar.com/ For other comparison of builds, the youtube of 2013: well, find it. 29 minutes of comparo, but the winner is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAGE5FI3K0E Ah, found it. Half-hour comparo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-h8ruMKBog In fact, you your industry search and you'll find Hymer is planning on US entry limited to ClassB only. Think they did 24,000 B's in Euro last year ALONE. As for hot water, think I read that the room allocated for it in the travato will fit the Atwood OD-50, and of course they'll upgrade (less your 4gal $$)for a fee and then unlimited hot water. Water? What would it take to hang a length of 8" PVC pipe to the underside, sticks out beyond the rear bumper about the size of a filler cap on top, spigot to the bottom. Hide it best you can cause you don't need the camp-rats peeing in your water. Another? On demand, the large 5-gal water jugs at the supermarket for weekend water whatever. Under that bed, that I'm not impressed with either. See the above vid for the double bed bunk bed set-up, or find the vid with the electric up/down bed like Winn has to offer, but not here. This is the first bone tossed to the dogs, and its us low-aptitude dogs that are gonna chase this first bone. Remember now, THIS VAN has been running around Euro in many RV configs for years now, and THIS is what we get from our leading domestic name. Do some homework and you'll begin, my guess here, is to see what detroit was putting out to us in the 70's; worldwide automotive embarrassment IMHO. Find the Adria Twin GT at the end of the 29min vid. Price in UK pounds, do a $/L conversion, and I came up with $78k; just can't get it, yet. $89k? Heck no. $69K? genset delete? What is not there now I'd like to know for $69k, but not worth my time to search as I am not impressed with this first bone thrown. West Vans is, I read, in the ProM game and did FL but I have not found any info much less a pic. Eko? More work to do here as I just found it about 2am+. Oh yeah; double bed? At 46", quoted elsewhere at 48" Wiki says: Twin 39 in × 75 in (99 cm × 191 cm) Full or double 54 in × 75 in (137 cm × 191 cm) Queen 60 in × 80 in (152 cm × 203 cm) King 76 in × 80 in (193 cm × 203 cm) A king-sized bed may have a king-sized box spring (foundation), or, more commonly, two smaller box-springs (each the size of a Twin XL bed) under a king-sized mattress. I' also curious if any forum reader sat at that dinette? Your thighs fit under that table in the non-expanding double-seat? And Winn takes CR for being the first domestic with shoulder passenger belts. Heck, contact any Euro-source parts supplier for the Ducato/ProMaster and buy ready-made at volumn discount with future sales abroad coming from (ta-DA)WINNEBAGO, and biz is good for all, 'cept us first-bone buyers with nil-comparo to utilize. Sell that to your spouse.570Views0likes0Comments
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